Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1781, the 'Villa'
Viola: 42758
Back: Two-piece, of plain wood cut on the half slab
Top: of pine of fairly regular and moderately open grain
Scroll: plain
Ribs: cut on the quarter
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 40.2 cm
Upper bouts: 18.4 cm
Middle bouts: 13.3 cm
Lower bouts: 23.2 cm
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Notes:
"The modern adaptation of the neck was done in 1889 by Stephano Scarampella, whose label is also in the instrument."The History of the Viola, Volume 1, Maurice W. Riley, The History of the Viola, Volume I
Provenance
| in 1888 | Signor Maurizio Villa |
| until 1930 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1930 | Alfred Hobday |
| 1931-1947 | Emil Ferir |
| from 1947 | Dr. William D. Peiffer |
| William Feiffer | |
| 1976-2006 | Bernard Zaslav |
| from 2006 | Dextra Musica |
Known players
Bernard Zaslav, Emil Ferir
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1930)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1930)
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References
- Guadagnini's violas: a successful experiment
I Mei Violini, Maurizio Villa (illustrated)- Ole Bull 2010: Dextra Musica Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 1, Maurice W. Riley, The Violin Society of America, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, February, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The History of the Viola, Volume I, Maurice W. Riley (illustrated)
- The Strad, February, 2010, John Dilworth, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)