Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, 1744, the 'Eddy Brown'
Violin: 43007
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 34.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
According to Posner, the instrument had passed directly from the Bergonzi shop to a brother of the order, and had remained with the brothers till Rauer purchased it from a monastery outside of Vienna in 1926.Carlo Bergonzi of Cremona - Part V, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, January, 1949, Chicago
Provenance
| in 1926 | Sold by Georg Rauer |
| from 1926 | Nathan E. Posner |
| Alfred E. Stephens | |
| in 1929 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1929 and in 1929 | Ralph E. Norton |
| in 1934 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1934-1950 | Eddy Brown |
| from 1950 | Louis Graeler |
| Sold by Harry A. Duffy | |
| until 1988 | Dr. Ephraim P. Engleman |
| ... | ... |
| from 1988 and in 2010 | Current owner |
Known players
Eddy Brown, Louis Graeler
References
Violins & Violinists, January, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled