Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1732-34, the 'Perkin, Burnford'

Violin: 43012

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Back: One-piece, with two small pieces inserted in the lower half

Varnish: Orange-brown

Length of back: 35.25 cm

Upper bouts: 16.4 cm

Middle bouts: 10.23 cm

Lower bouts: 20.46 cm

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Notes:

"The violin remains in a very pure state, with a still intact one piece lower rib and the button relatively unaltered. It is likely that the corners and rib miters were originally longer and were perhaps shortened on the instructions of Count Cozio di Salabue in the early 19th century. It is interesting to note the small original insets to the lower areas of the back in this example.. The eminent firm of W.E. Hill & Sons considered this violin to be one of the four finest Bergonzis in existence."

Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Cremona

"According to a study by AFVBM (the american Federation of Violin and Bow Makers) in 2008, the locating pins of this violin are square pins with round holes, which are a unique innovation to modern violin makers."

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CARLO BERGONZI I: BIOGRAPHY AND PRICE HISTORY
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Carlo Bergonzi I

Provenance

	John Alvery Turner
1859-1865	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1865	Thomas Dix Perkin
	Alfonso Marconi
until 1938	W. E. Hill & Sons
1938-1944	H. A. Burnford
1944-1947	Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1947	Henry Werro
until 1960	W. E. Hill & Sons
...	...
from 1960 and in 1981	Carl Pini
	Sold by Peter Biddulph
	Theodora Geraets
in 1995	Sold by Peter Biddulph
until 1995	Andreas Post
from 1995	Heinrich Hereth
	Hans-Joachim Sander
from 2007	Chi-Mei Culture Foundation

Known players

Carl Pini

Certificates & Documents

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1960)

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References

Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 12 (illustrated)
Carl Pini: a profile
Violins & Violinists, February-March, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled (supplement to The Strad, June, 2010), Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, November, 2007
Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
The Strad, June, 1995, John Dilworth, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
The Strad, June, 1995, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Sotheby's
The Legend of Italian Violins: Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers 1550-1950, Dai Ting Chung, Wen-Lo Shi (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)