Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1690, the 'Nobuko Imai'
Viola: 43483
Back: One-piece, semi-slab cut maple with small irregular figure
Top: of medium open straight grain
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of quarter-cut maple with regular figure
Varnish: Reddish brown
Length of back: 41.6 cm
Upper bouts: 19.5 cm
Lower bouts: 24.1 cm
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Provenance
| until 1917 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1917 | Alfred C. Marshall |
| until 1936 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1936 | Lewis Bruce |
| until 1944 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1944 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| Brieff | |
| in 1994 | Current owner |
Known players
Nobuko Imai
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
The Strad, 1917, Towry Piper, London, Dec 1917 (illustrated)- The Strad, February, 1994, Daniel Whitman, Orpheus, London
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)
- Wurlitzer Rare Violas by Celebrated Makers of the 16th-19th centuries, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)