???
    USSR State Collection
    Oistrakh, David - Moscow
    ???

[2]

    ???
    Knoop, Johann Ludwig Baron
     •   Alard, Delphin, (until 1876)
    Laurie, David (1876)
    Brandt, R. E. - Exeter (1900)
    Bennet, Mrs. Richard
    ???
    Joachim, Joseph - Berlin
    ???
    Hill & Sons - London
    Dunbar, Morrison - Glasgow (1960's)
    Hill & Sons - London
    ???

The Alard was owned by Baron Knoop and played by Delphin Alard, Professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
Morrison Dunbar is an amateur violinist of Glasgow. He is a major patron and sits on the board of the Scottish National Orchestra.
Goddkind states also Adam, Vuillaume and Woodcock as owners.

[73], p 59; [60] p 732; [103]

    ???
    Allegretti fam. - Naples (over 100 years)
    Hill & Sons - London (1896)
    Herrmann, Emil
    Warburg, Felix (1937)
    ???

Felix Warburg acquired this instrument for the the Musical Art Quartet.
Goodkind states also Aitay, Bernard, Baltimore Association, Fessler, Hamma, Lachmann, Loewenberg, Long, Meier, Tucher and Whitehead as past owners.

[73] p 42; [60] p 729; [125]

    ???
    Rousselot, Scipion
    Alsager, Massa
    Hill, William Ebsworth - London
    Notley
    Hill & Sons - London
    Wurlitzer collection
    ???
    Werro collection
    Hug, Theo
    ???

Rousselot was a cellist and friend of Louis Napoleon. Alsager was a lover of chamber music and part owner of The Times. He purchased this instrument for use of players of his musicals. Notley was a banker. [73] p 40

    ???
    Italian Countess - Milan
    Howe, Elias, dealer (1890)
    ???

This is supposed to be the earliest dated violin of A. Stradivari.

Goodkind states also Savage as past owner.

[73] p 19; [60] p 725

    ???
    Paganini, Nicolo
    Paganini's son
    Vuillaume
    ???
    Desaints - Amiens
    ???
    Levers (collector)
    ???
    Russian violinist
    ???

[73] p 19

    ???
    Ames, Acland - Bristol ¹
    ???
    Puttick & Simpson Hill & Sons - London (1893)
    ???
    Utica
    ???
    Wurlitzer- New York
    Totenberg, Roman ²
    Stolen
    ???

1. Acland Ames was a banker.
2. Totenberg played this instrument at a London Festival Hall concert on February 28, 1961. He performed the Tchaikovsky violin Concerto in D with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent.

Goodkind states also Auer, Brown, von Donop, Gand, Geiser, Hamma, Hart, Herrmann, Meier, Phipps and de Tremont as past owners.

[73] p. 85; [60] p 737

    ???
    Koolhaus, J.K.E. - Wimhagen/Arnheim
    ???
    Smit, Eric - Bilthoven, Holland (1920)
    Aranyi, Francis E. - Budapest (1924)
    Herrman, Emil (1929)
    Petersen, T. C. (1930)
    ???
    Chitolini, Roger
    Sturchie, Dr. Eugenio

[73] p 19; [78] p 305

    ???
    Gambara, Carlo Count of Brescia
    Archinto, Count Giuseppe - Milan (about 1800)
    Vuillaume (about 1860)
    Rutson, John
    Royal Academy of Music (1890)
    Mr. Watson-Forbes
    Gilbert, Max

Perhaps obtained Gambara's ancestors this instrument from Stradivari himself.

Count Giuseppe Archinto was an amateur viola player and pupil of Alessandro Rolla, who dedicated him some duets for violin and viola. Archinto bought also the Archinto cello dated 1689 and violins of 1721 and 1696 and assembled a Quartett of Stradivari instruments. He died about 1860.

The RAM came in posession of the Archinto viola due to the generous bequest of John Rutson, an amateur musician and later director of the Academy in 1890.

Mr. Watson-Forbes and Mr. Gilbert was loaned this instrument by the RAM.

[186], [38] and [73], p 89.

    ???
    Duc de Litta - Milan (1846)
    Arditi
    ???
    ??? - England
    ???

Arditi was a well-known Milanese violinist. [73] p 26

    ???
    Harkness, Anna-Loretta (early 19th cent.)
    ???
    Becker - Prague (1922)
    ???

'Senkrah' is the reversed name of the superb artist Harkness. [73] p 24

    ???

-

    ???
    Aarhessen, Mr.
    Auer, Leopold (1875)
    Gloubonoff, Victor De (1895)
    ???
    Bennett, Richard (1926)
    Hill & Sons - London
    Bowne-Smith, Harrison (1934)
    ???
    Stradivari Society - Chicago
     •   Jensen, Dylana ¹
     •   Kavakos, Leonidas ¹
     •   Lee, Eunice ¹
     •   Gluzman, Vadim (1977) ¹

1. Used this instrument on loan of a patron of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

[182]; [73] p 27; [11] p 14

    ???
    Auer, Leopold
    Auer's widow
    Lyon & Healy - Chicago
    ???

[73] p 27

    ???
    Axelrod, Herbert
    Smithsonian Institution's Museum (1986)

Axelrod has lent since 1986 this instrument as part of a set of ornamented instruments to the Smithsonian Museum. [145]

    ???
    Giardini
    Lord Aylesford
    Starker, Janos

-

    ???
    Baillot, Pierre
    Marquis de Pommerau
    Knoop, Johann Ludwig Baron
    Bennet, Richard
    Catteval, Arthur
    Campoli, Alfredo

This instrument of Stradivari's Brescian period (1690-1700) was offered in November 96 for sale.[180];

Marquis de Pommerau and his family owned this instrument until early in the 20th century. [180]

    ???
    Becker
    ???
    Balakovic, M. Zlatko
    ???

[77] p 84, 101

    ???
    Barbirolli
    Henkel, Christoph

-

    ???
    Blanchard, Paul - Lyon
    Hill & Sons - London (about 1900)
    Knoop, Johann Ludwig Baron
    Bennet, Richard
    Bennet's widow
    Hill & Sons - London (1945)
    Bower, R. A.
    Werro, Henry
    ???
    Private owner - Switzerland
    ???

[40]

    ???
    Negli
    Goldberg, Szymon

-

    ???
    William Levis & Son - Chicago
    Steindel, Albin
    Kremer, Gidon (1979)

-

    ???
    Thibout - Paris (until 1838)
    Place, M. (1838)
    Batta, Alexandre (1838 (1838 - 1893)
    ???
    Hill & Sons - London
    ???
    Knoop, Johann Ludwig Baron
    ???
    Holden, Ernest
    ???
    ??? - America (1925)
    ???
    Piatigorsky, Gregor
    ???

This instrument was presented to Batta by Place, which in turn purchased it from Thibout. [73] p 25

    ???
    Baudiot
    Baudiot's widow (until 1850)
    ???
    Marquis de Pluvié
    ???
    Hill & Sons - London (1894)
    ???
    Piatigorsky, Gregor (1948)
    ???

[73] p 97

    ???
    University of Western Ontario
    US business person (1997)
    Canada Council for the Arts
     •   Judy Kang

This instrument has been loaned to the Canada Council for the Arts together with the Lyall Strad by the business person, which do not wish to be identifed, for a term of 2 years. Judy Kang winned the competition of the Canada Council for the loan of this instrument. [23]

    ???
    Bazzini, Antonio - Brescia
    Kiss, Mile
    Vito, Gioconda de
    ???

Maestro Antonio Bazzini was a celebrated violinist and composer. He retained it, as his favourite instrument, until his death.
Being in the possession of Mr. Kiss, this instrument was played for several years by Ms. de Vito. [73], p 61

    ???
    Marlborough, Duke of (1810)
    ???
    Becker, Hugo
    Lehr, Lorenz - Berne
    ???
    Saidenberg, Daniel
    Saidenberg's widow
    Julliard School
     •   Kosover, Mark

[73] p 96; [192]

    ???

-

    ???
    Hill & Sons - London (1915)
    Spagnoletti, Mr.
    Harrison, Richard
    Bennet, Richard
    Musikhaus Hug & Co., Zurich (1989)

Hill and Sons discovered this instrument in an English cottage.

    ???
    Francais, E.
    ???
    Berlin Hochschule
     •   Hagner, Viviane

[41] p 418; [49]; [60] p 737

    ???
    Berou, (1908)
    ???
    Thibaud, Jacques
    ???
    Herrmann, Emil
    Rabushka, Joseph
    ???

[73] p 57

    ???
    Unknown individual ¹
    Betts, Arthur - London (~1845) ²
    Bone, John - Devonport (1852) ³
    Lott, John ⁴
    Vuillaume, J. B. - Paris (1859) ⁴
    Willmotte, Charles - Antwerp (1861)
    Meier, C. G. - London (1873)
    ???
    Hart, George (1878)
     •   Hôtel Drouot Auction (1886) ⁵
    Camposelice, Duc de - Paris (1888)
    Hill & Sons - London
    Zweifel, Jacques - Stuttgart ⁶
    Hill & Sons - London
    Brandt, R. E.
    Hill & Sons - London
    Waddell, R. D. - Glasgow (1909)
    Freeman, Jay C. ⁷
    Wurlitzer - New York (1923 [7]) ⁷⁾
    Roberts, John T. - Hartford, Conn.
    Whittall, Gertrude Clarke ⁸
    The Library of Congress - Washington (1935)

1. An unknown gentleman's servant is said to have offered this instrument to Arthur Betts, who acquired it for a very low price. There are several versions of the story stating prices of £ 1 1 s (Hill) and 20 shillings (Hart).
2. Arthur Betts was a violin teacher, who took over the shop of his brother John Betts with his nephew Charles Vernon, who claimed a share of ownership in this instrument. The dispute resulted in the dissolution of the partnerhip.
3. John Bone was a retired judge and amateur player.
4. Vuillaume bought this instrument through John Lott's agency.
5. The instrument was withdrawn and did not change the owner in the auction.
6. Zweifel was a German amateur player..
7. Freeman, acting on behalf of Wurlitzer, acquired from Waddell the `Betts` as well as the Leduc 1743 Guarneri del Gesú bringing both instruments into American ownership.
8. Mrs. Whittall presented this instrument to the The Library of Congress.

Goodkind states also St. Senoch, Vernon ⁽²⁾ and Woodcock as former owners.

[73] p 43; [68] p 18; [188] p 3; [41] p 123; [60] pp 29, 730

    ???
    Duke of Tuscany ?
    ???

This instrument is supposed to have been made for the Duke of Tuscany. [73] p 28

    ???
    Armigaud
    ???
    Blanco, M.
    ???

[77] p 84, 101

    ???
    Boissier - Genoa
    Spanish Court of Charles III
    ???
    Negli
    ???
    Sarasate, Pablo de (1888)
    Museum of the Paris Conservatoire

Boissier and Negli were both violinists. [73] p 55

    ???

-

    ???
    Vuillaume, J. B. - Paris
    Booth family (1856) ¹
    Booth, Otto
    Hart, George (1889)
    Havemeyer, Henry O.
    Wurlitzer (1927)
    Mischakoff, Mischa (1931)
    ???
    Kagan, Robert - Chicago (1961) ²
    ???
    Brown, Iona
    ???
    Nippon Music Foundation - Japan (1999)
     •   Fischer, Julia - Munich (2000) ³

1. The Booth were an English family of musicians. This instrument was purchased by Otto Booth's mother in order to be played by her children.
2. Well known instrument dealer.
3. Julia Fischer plays this instrument on loan of the Nippon Music Foundation.

Goodkind states also Hottinger, Moennig and Rubinoff as former owners.

[73] p 63; [60] p 733; [41] p 207; [112]; [29]

    ???
    Braga, John V. (1951)
    ???
    Chung, Myung-Wha

-

    ???
    Prince Brancaccio - Naples
    Family Brancaccio - Naples (until 1896)
    ???
    Hamma - Stuttgart
    Vormbaum - Geneva
    Gand and Bernadel - Paris
    Hammig - Berlin
    Flesch, Carl (1907-1931)
    Mendelssohn, Franz von (1931)

This instrument was repaired by Gagliano 1790. It remained in the noble family Brancaccio until 1896. Flesch passed the Brancaccio to his friend and private banker Mendelssohn as a payment to cover his debts arised as a consequence of the crisis of the New York Stock Exchange in 1929. Being in Mendelssohn's possession the Brancaccio was destroyed in Berlin during a bomb-raid in WW II.
[73] p. 75; [118] p 253; [54]

    ???
    Somers Brookings, Robert - Wahsington
    Brookings' widow
    The Library of Congress - Wahsington (1938)

Brooking was a prominent economist and amateur violin player. He bought this instrument in Europa on the advice of Joseph Joachim. [68] p 4

    ???
    Heath
    ???
    Brown, Mr. T. D.
    ???

This instrument is stated by Hill as being of the period 1726 - 30. [77] p 78

    ???
    Mrs. Rudolph Loeb, Berlin ?
    Herrmann, Emil
    Mrs. Rudolph Loeb, Berlin ?
    ??? (1920s)
    Harvard College, Massachusetts
    Austrian National Bank
     •   Schmid, Benjamin - Vienna (1990)

The ex Brustlein was named after an amateur Berlin musician. [73] p 46 and [168] p 475; [131]

    ???
    Rasch, Johann - Netherland (1920)
    ???
    Bucher, Emil - Berlin
    Sprenger, Arnold - St. Gallen
    Habisreutinger - Flawil, Swiss
    ???

[83]

    ???
    Maggini-Foundation

[98]

    ???
    Français, Emile
    ???
    Bonjour, Dr. - Geneva
    ???
    Cabriac, Count de
    ???
    Habisreutinger, Rolf - St. Gallen)
    ???

[158] Lot No. 197; [73] p 31; [83]

    ???
    Paganini, Nicolo
    ???
    Oistrakh, David - Moscow
    ???
    Accardo, Salvatore
    ???

This instrument is one of the few - perhaps only two - non Strads which were played by Oistrakh. [1].
Accardo played on this instrument for a recording of the label Dynamic. [46]

    -

-

    ???
    Mackenzie (~1800)
    Cramer, François - London (1846)
    Hill & Sons - London
    Carrodus, J. T.
    Mackenzie, Sir Alexander
    Murray, H. S. - Galashiels
    Fellowes, Horace - Glasgow
    Wurlitzer, Rembert (1947)
    Adler, Max and Sophie (1950)
    Paul, C. Michael
    ???
    Austrian National Bank
     •   Rachlin, Julian

Rachlin plays this instrument on loan of the Austrian National Bank.
[157] lot 21

    ???
    Durand, M - Paris
    Moulaz, M.
    Laurie, David ¹
    Cassavetti, Alexander - England
    ???
    Hill & Sons - London (1885)
    Oldham, Charles
    Hill & Sons - London (1885)
    Knoop, Johann Ludwig Baron ¹
    ???
    Hill & Sons - London (1885)
    Brandt, R. E.
    ???
    Amateur player - Derbyshire (1906)
    Hart, George - London
    Wanamaker, Mr. - Philadelphia (1928)
    Wurlitzer - New York
    Roberts, J. T. - Hartford
    Whittall, Gertrude Clarke ²
    The Library of Congress - Washington (1937)

1. Famous collector of musical instruments.
2. Mrs. Whittall presented this instrument to the The Library of Congress.

[188]

[60]

    ???
    Castelbarco, Count Cesare - Milan ^{1 - Milan}
    Puttick & Simpson - London (1862)
    ???

1. Famous collector of musical instruments.

[73]

    ???
    Castelbarco, Count Cesare - Milan ¹
    Puttick & Simpson - London (1862)
    Vuillaume - Paris (1862)
    Tesse, Dr. - Douai
    Vuillaume - Paris (1862)
    Laurie, David
    Hill & Sons - London
    Mountford, John (1875) ²
    Hill & Sons - London
    Renton, Mrs. - Guildford
    Posner, Nathan E. - Brooklin
    Whittall, Gertrude Clarke ³
    The Library of Congress - Washington

1. Famous collector of musical instruments.
2. Owner of the Bulls Eye Tavern at Acton, England.
3. Mrs. Whittall presented this instrument to the The Library of Congress.

[73] p 33; [68] p 9;[188] p 4; [41] p 99; [60] p 728

    ???
    Castelbarco, Count Cesare - Milan ¹
    Puttick & Simpson - London (1862)
    Vuillaume - Paris (1862)
    Fabbri, Egidio - Rome ²
    Piccolellis, Marchese de ²
    Hill & Sons - London
    Whittall, Gertrude Clarke ³
    The Library of Congress - Washington (1937)

1. Famous collector of musical instruments.
2. The Marchese de Piccolellis was Fabbri's son-in-law.
3. Mrs. Whittall presented this instrument to the The Library of Congress.

Goodkind states also Wurlitzer as a former owner.

[73] p 93; [188] p 5; [60] p 30, 724

    ???
    Officer of Napoleon's army
    Cartier, Jean Baptiste (until 1831) ¹
    David, Pierre (1831)
    Lemoine, Mr. - Paris (1872)
    ???
    Casadesus, Marius (1955 (1955 - 1984)
    Sotheby's - London (1984)
    Kennedy, Nigel - London (1986)
    Mandel, Peter ²
    Kawakubo, Tamaki ³

1. It was Cartier, who named the instrument Cathédrale.
2. Patron of the Stradivari Society.
3. Plays the instrument on loan of the Stradivari Society, Chicago.
   [163]; [154] Lot No. 21; [41]

    ???
    Cessole, Count - Flerence
    Vuillaume, N. F., Brussels
    Croall, William, Edinburgh (1871)
    Gade, Felix, Edinburgh (1906)
    ???

[73] p 61

    ???
    Bennett
    ???
    Chapmann, Miss
    ???

[77] p 78

    ???
    Hottinger, Henry
    Wurlitzer
    Cremonese Provincial Board
    City of Cremona

This instrument is part of a set of instruments made for the court of Charles IX of French. Only 4 of these instrument are actually existent. It shows part of the coat of arms of Charles X1 and his mother Catherine de Medici as well as part of their motto: 'Pietate et Justitia'.
The Cremonese Provincial Board of Tourism purchased this instrument from the Wurlitzer Company, New York, and donated it to the City on 25 February 1966. [127]

    ???
    Rostal, Max

-

    ???
    Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

This is the 3rd recorded example of ornamented Strads. [73] p 22

    ???
    Downs
    ???
    Cobbett, W. W. - London
    ???

This instrument is stated by Hill as being of the period 1726 - 30. [77] p 78

    ???
    Cobbett, W. W. - London (1914)
    Herrman, Emil
    Teschner-Tass, Helen (1928)
    ???

Ms. Teschner-Tass was the leader of a quartet. [73] p 22

    ???
    Ferni, Carolina
    ???
    Colbertson, Sascha
    ???

[77] p 84, 101

    ???
    D'Aramaille family - France ¹
    ???
    Brun - Paris ²
    ???
    Caressa, Albert - Paris
    ???
    Wurlitzer - New York (1925)
    Sturchio, Dr. Eugenio
    Wurlitzer - New York
    ???
    Sedanos, Carlos - Spain ³
    ???
    Harth, Sidney

1. Noble French family.
2. Violinist at the opera in Paris.
3. Spanish violinist.

[73]

[41]

    ???
    Constable, Clifford, Sir
    ???
    Ricci, Ruggiero
    ???

Played by Ruggiero Ricci in the recording 'The Glory of Cremona'. + [190]

    ???
    Armingaud, Jules
    Vuillaume, Jean-Baptiste
    Count Doria (1870)
    ???

The Conte Doria came under the hammer on 15 November 95 at London's Christie's. [169] p 1107.

    ???
    Durand, J. N. - England
    Dodd (1880)
    Reeve, Cotton
    Hill, William E. - London
    Mongredien, Mr. (1866)
    ???
    Hill - London
    ???
    Hawley, R. D. - Hartford, Conn.
    ???
    Oistrakh, David - Moscow
    ???
    Brengola, Riccardo
    Sirbu, Mariana
    ???

Goodkind states also Bisiach, Ferrari, Foltzer and Vatelot as past owners.

[73] p 39; [2]; [60] p 729

    ???
    Countess of Polignac
    ???
    B. Franklin's mistress
    ???
    Shaham, Gil

The Countess of Polignag was an arts patron at the court of Louis XIV. A mistress of Benjamin Franklin, at the time he was US ambassador to France, is said to have owned this instrument. [170] p 119

    ???
    Gras, Darius (1870s)
    Garcin, Jules (1877)
    Laurie, David (1880)
    Labitte, M. - Reims
    Comittee of Joachim's Admirers (1889)
    Joachim, Joseph
    Joachim, Harold
    Brandt, Robert
    Hill & Sons - London
    City of Cremona (1961)

This instrument was purchased by the Cremonese Provincial Board of Tourism from Hill & Sons. [127]
It has been rebuilded (copied) by Michael Köberling, an instrument maker from Bavaria, Germany. [88]

    ???
    Cristiani, Lise B.
    ???

[73] p 37

    Montepulciano, Venturi di
    ???
    Colonnesi, Elisabetta - Cortona (~1889)
    ???
    Unknown family - Dorset
    Intermediary person Hill & Sons - London (~1897)
    Hopton, Colonel
    Col. Hopton's family
    Hill & Sons - London
    Thomas, David Ffrangcon - London (1937)
    Mr. Thomas' family - London
    Beare, J. & A. - London (~1962)
    ???
    Beare, J. & A. - London (1987)
    Amateur cellist - Basel (1987) ¹

• This instrument is nameless. Cristofori XXVII/XXVIII is a label to distiguish it from the other instruments in this site, being XXVII/XXVIII the inventori numbers related to it in the List of instruments constructed by Cristofori published in [105].

1. This 1716 cello, now owned by an amateur cellist in Basel, is a beautiful instrument, a bit larger than today's standard size, and has still the original hand-written label 'Bartolomeo Cristofori in Firenze 1716'. Certificates and letters by Hill & Sons and Charles Beare confirm its authenticity. The actual owner points out that it has a beautiful sound. Being a bit larger than usual it has not only a strong bass but also light and powerful high tones.

[121]; [75]; [76]; [8]; [39]