Jose Sanchez-Penzo: The Way Famous String Instruments Went

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Paganini	1680	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Herrmann, Emil Walton, David H. (1926) Herrmann, Emil (1944) ???
Remarks: Emil Herrmann purcheased 1944 Walton's entire collection. [73] p 21

Paganini	1724	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Paganini, Nicolo ??? Herrmann, Emil (early 1940s) Clarcke, Anne E. (1946) Corcoran Gallery ??? Végh, Sándor
Remarks: At the time of his death Paganini owned 11 instruments by Antonio Stradivari. Among them there was a quartet, the 1692 Dessaint violin, the 1724 Paganini violin, the 1731 Paganini viola and the 1736 Paganini cello. The four instruments were separated and came together in the early 1940s when Herrmann purcheased them all. Mrs. Clarke bequeathed the set after her death to the Corcoran Gallery. [104]

Paganini	1731	Strad., A.	Va

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Corsby, George Paganini, Nicolo (1832/33) ??? Herrmann, Emil (early 1940s) Clarcke, Anne E. (1946) Corcoran Gallery of Art ???
Remarks: At the time of his death Paganini owned 11 instruments by Antonio Stradivari. Among them there was a quartet, the 1692 Dessaint violin, the 1724 Paganini violin, the 1731 Paganini viola and the 1736 Paganini cello. The four instruments were separated and came together in the early 1940s when Herrmann purcheased them all. Mrs. Clarke bequeathed the set after her death to the Corcoran Gallery. [104]

Paganini	1736	Strad., A.	C

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Paganini, Nicolo ??? Herrmann, Emil (early 1940s) Clarcke, Anne E. (1946) Corcoran Gallery of Art ??? ???
Remarks: This instrument was also played by a member of the Stradivarius Quartet. [125] At the time of his death Paganini owned 11 instruments by Antonio Stradivari. Among them there was a quartet, the 1692 Dessaint violin, the 1724 Paganini violin, the 1731 Paganini viola and the 1736 Paganini cello. The four instruments were separated and came together in the early 1940s when Herrmann purcheased them all. Mrs. Clarke bequeathed the set after her death to the Corcoran Gallery. [104]

ex Panette	1737	Guarn. d. G.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Panette, Vicomte ??? Stern, Isaac ??? Fulton, David (Collection)
Remarks: [50]

ex Parera	1679	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Parera, P. R. (until 1877) Eichelburg Puttick & Simpson (1877) Stone, Christopher Stone, Lucy Shinner, Emily Wietrowitz, Gabriel Nicolls, Frederick Private collection
Remarks: Gabriel Wietowitz was a pupil of Joseph Joachim.

ex Park	1717	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? German collection Herrmann, Emil Private collector - Switzerland ???
Remarks: -

Parke	1711	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Parke, John Hatton, Richard Cramer, François Auer, Leopold Hill & Sons - London (1906) ???
Remarks: -

Payne, ex Ferdinand David

1730

Guarn. d. G.

This instrument's names in literature:

Hill:	Mr. A. Payne, ex Ferdinand David	[77]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    David, Ferdinand
    ???
    Payne, Mr. A.
    ???

Remarks:

Hill, W. Henry/Hill, Arthur F./Hill, Alfred E.: The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family [77] p 78

ex Perkins	1728	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ???
Remarks: -

ex Petherick, ex Hart	1683	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Hart, George Petherick, Horace ??? Bower, Robert Herrmann, August - Berlin Herrman, Emil Loebinger - Zurich ??? Belloni, Manolo - Milan (1961) ???
Remarks: This instrument is said to have been presented to Petherick by Hart. This instrument is also known as the ex Hart. [73] p 23; [83]

Petri	1700	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Brode, Max - Stuttgart Weichold, Richard (1907) Petri, Prof. Henri Willem Lieffering, Adriaan (1916) ???
Remarks: [73] p 36

Piatti	1717	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Betts, John Wynn, Sir Rowland Ashley, George Emmington, Mr. - Bexley, Kent Betts, Arthur (1836) Henderson Forster, Simon Andrew Piatti, Alfredo Carlo (1862) Pawle, John (1868) Hill & Sons - London Wurlitzer, Rudolph Sturchio, Dr. Eugenio Posner, Nathan Corbin, Alfred O. Coggeshall, John Posner, Nathan Yount, Miles Frank (1931) Paul, C.Michael Paul, Raymonde I. Sotheby's ???
Remarks: [157] lot 132

Piatti

1720

Strad., A.

This instrument's names in literature:

Goodkind:	Piatti;The Red	[60]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    ??? - Cadiz
    Dowell, Allen - Dublin (1818)
    ???
    Reverend Booth - County Carlow (1821)
    ???
    Cramer & Beale's - London
    Pigott, S. J. - Dublin
    ???
    Macoutel (1857)
    ???
    Colonel Oliver (1867)
    Piatti, Alfredo Carlo (1867)
    ???
    Mendelssohn family - Berlin
    ???
    Marlboro Foundation
    Prieto, Carlos

Remarks:

Colonel Oliver presented this instrument to Piatti. Prieto acquired it form the Marlboro Foundation. Henley, William: Antonio Stradivari - His Life and Instruments [73] p 96 and Strings Magazine: Article on Carlos Prieto [164] p 61

ex Piozzi-Volkaert	1620	Maggini, Giovanni Paolo	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Bonhams & Brooks - London (2001)
Remarks: [177] p 1188

ex Piozzi-Volkaert

1620

Maggini, Giovanni Paolo

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

???
Bonhams & Brooks - London (2001)

Remarks:

The Strad: The Strad, November 2001 [177] p 1188

Plotenyi, ex Remenyi

1732

Guarn. d. G.

This instrument's names in literature:

Hill:	M. Plotenyi, ex Remenyi	[77]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Remenyi
    ???
    Plotenyi, M.
    ???

Remarks:

Hill, W. Henry/Hill, Arthur F./Hill, Alfred E.: The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family [77] p 84

Plowden	1709	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? British attache - St. Petersburg (1869) Emiliani, Cesare Hart Plowden collection Warde ???
Remarks: According to Henley [73] The Plowden is said to have been stolen by a British attache in St. Petersburg. The above stated owners are listed in alphabetical not chronological order according to Goodking [60]

Plowden	1735	Guarn. d. G.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Ricci, Ruggiero
Remarks: Played by Ricci in the recording 'The Glory of Cremona'. [190]

ex Polyakin	1712	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? USSR State Collection • Oistrakh, David - Moscow ???
Remarks: [2]

Pressardi	1684	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Pressardi, Giacomo ??? Bauer, M. D. - Munich Hahn - Hamburg ???
Remarks: [73] p 23

Prince Boissière, ex Vogelwith	1711	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Pirvate owner - Switzerland Galerie Fischer Auktionen - Luzern ???
Remarks: [58]

Prince Doria	1734	Guarn. d. G.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Zeitlin, Zvi (1962)
Remarks: -

Prince Khevenhüller	1733	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Prince Khevenhüller - Vienna Böhm, Joseph Prof. at Vienna Cons. (1820-1878) Böhm, Louis F. - S. Petersburg Prof. Popoff - Moscow Herrmann, Emil - Berlin (1929) Menuhin, Lord Yehudi (1930) Private Collection Milan
Remarks: The wife of Prince Khevenhüller, for whom Stradivari made this instrument, was a good violinist. Louis F. Böhm was Joseph Böhm's nephew. [73]

Prinz von Oranje	?	Guarn. d. G.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Suk, Josef
Remarks: -

Provigny	1716	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Provigny, Madame de (1909) Museum of the Paris Conservatoire
Remarks: -

Präsident	1721	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Ferras, Christian
Remarks: -

Quarestani	1689	Guarn., Guiseppe f. A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Private owners City of Cremona
Remarks: Being privately owned this instrument is showed in the Cremonese municipal collection by kind permission of the owners. [127]

Quersin	1714	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Caressa, Albert - Paris Quersin, Mme. Henri - Brussel Quersin Family ??? Galerie Fischer Auktionen - Luzern ???
Remarks: [58]

Red Diamond	1732	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Hart (until 1908) An American Herrmann, Emil Warburg, Felix (1937) ???
Remarks: The American bequeathed this instrument in his will to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts but sold it whilst living to Emil Herrmann. [73] p 83 Felix Warburg acquired it later for the the Musical Art Quartet. [125]

Red Diamond

1732

Strad., A.

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Hart (until 1908)
    An American
    Herrmann, Emil
    Warburg, Felix (1937)
    ???

Remarks:

The American bequeathed this instrument in his will to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts but sold it whilst living to Emil Herrmann. Henley, William: Antonio Stradivari - His Life and Instruments [73] p 83

Felix Warburg acquired it later for the the Musical Art Quartet. Potter, Tully: Success in high society - The Musical Art Quartet [125]

ex Reiffenberg	1717	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Accardo, Salvatore ??? Sitkovetsky, Dmitry (~1983)
Remarks: Goodkind states also Cooper, Dussenberg, J. Francais, Hertel und Laredo as former owners. [119] p 4; [60] p 733; [43]

ex Reiffenberg

1717

Strad., A.

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Accardo, Salvatore
    ???
    Sitkovetsky, Dmitry (~1983)

Remarks:

Goodkind states also Cooper, Dussenberg, J. Francais, Hertel und Laredo as former owners.

Paris, Alain: Klassische Musik im 20. Jahrhundert [119] p 4; Goodkind, Herbert K.: Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari [60] p 733; Duchen, Jessica: eMail to José Sánchez-Penzo dated Juli 4, 2002 (unpublished). [43]

Reynier	1681	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Reynier, León (1847) Count de Lachenais - Marseille Wanamaker, John (1924) Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (1929) Miles Frank Yount - Beaumont, Texas ???
Remarks: This instrument is said to has been presented to Reynier by Napoleon III. [73] p 21

Reynier	1727	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Vengerov, Maxim Accardo, Salvatore LVMH Hennessy Foundation
Remarks: -

ex Ries	1693	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Ries, Franz - Berlin ??? Mackay Smith, Alexander ???
Remarks: [73] p 29

Ries	1710	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Ries, Louis, London (1857) Kühne, Dr. Hans, Cologne Werro, Henry, Berne ???
Remarks: Ries was a chamber music associate of Joseph Joachim. [73] p 52

ex Rivals Mazere di Toulouse	1708	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Caressa, Albert - Paris Français, Emile Tua, Teresina (1885) Conservatoire of Music Verdi - Milan (1915) Conservatoire of Music St. Cecilia - Rome National Conservatoire of Music - Paris (1935) ??? ???
Remarks: [73] p 48

Rivaz or ex Baron Gutmann

1707

Strad., A.

This instrument's names in literature:

Goodkind:	Dragonetti, Rivaz	[60]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Dragonetti, Domenico
    Rivaz, F. (1818)
    Palmer, G.
    Hamma & Co.
    Hammig - Berlin
    Sussmann, Jascha
    Herrmann, Emil (1922)
    Gutmann, Baron
    Herrmann, Emil (1930)
    S., Dr. A. - New York
    Herrmann, Emil
    Otwell, J. Frank
    Wurlitzer
    Kimball, Maulsby (~1945)
    ???
    Costa, Dr. Enrico - Genoa (1961)
    ???

Remarks:

Goodkind seems to mean that this instrument and the Dragonetti dated 1700 is the same instrument. He attributes all former owners of both instruments to this one of 1707.

Doring, Ernest N.: How Many Strads? - Our Heritage from the Master [41] p 129

Rode, ex von Heyder

1730

Guarn. d. G.

This instrument's names in literature:

Hill:	Frl. Rode, ex von Heyder	[77]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Heyder, von
    ???
    Rode, Frl.
    ???

Remarks:

Hill, W. Henry/Hill, Arthur F./Hill, Alfred E.: The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family [77] p 78

Rode	1722	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Rode, Pierre Olbreuse, Duc d' Norès Gand & Bernardel (1873) Lamoureux, M. - Paris ??? Hill & Sons - London (1890) ??? Ricci, Ruggiero ???
Remarks: Pierre Rode was a famous French player. This instrument went to America early in this century. The booklet of the recording 'The Glory of Cremona' states it as being from 1733, while Henley and Wechsberg both state the year 1722. [190], [135] and [73] p 71

Roederer	1710	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Roederer Caressa, Albert - Paris Andrews, George H., New York (1921) ???
Remarks: -

Romberg	1711	Strad., A.	C

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Boccherini, Luigi ??? Romberg, Bernhard - Germany (b 1841) ??? Küchler, Ferdinand - Frankfurt/M (b 1902) ???
Remarks: [41] p 165; [60] p 724

Rosenheim	1686	Strad., A.	V

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Cleaver, Sylvia ??? Bornstein ??? Eisenstein ??? Kochánski, Paul ??? Rosenheim, Willy ???
Remarks: [154] Lot No. 96

Rosette	1698	Goffriller	C

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: ??? Parnas, Leslie
Remarks: -

Ruby

1708

Strad., A.

This instrument's names in literature:

Henley:	Il Rubino	[73]
Doring:	Il Rubino	[41]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Stradivari descendant
    Pierisis, Marquis - Paris
    ???
    Glatz-Neumann - Vienna (1908)
    ???
    Hamma & Company
    ???
    Lachmann, Erich (1926)
    ???
    Wahl, Harry
    ???
    Stradivari Society - Chicago
     • Swensen, Joseph
     • Repin, Vadim
     • Takezawa, Kyoko
     • Josefowicz, Leila
     • Bachmann, Maria

Remarks:

The Ruby Strad was acquired in the late 80s by the founders of the Stradivari Society in Chicago to be loaned to Joseph Swensen, now a respected conductor and violinist. Later Repin, Takezawa, Josefowicz and Bachmann also used this instrument on loan.

Stradivari Society: The Stradivari Society [163]; Henley, William: Antonio Stradivari - His Life and Instruments [73] p 47; Doring, Ernest N.: How Many Strads? - Our Heritage from the Master [41] p 137

Russian, ex Margaret Berson

1700

Strad., A.

This instrument's names in literature:

Goodkind:	Russian	[60]

Owners/players/dealers in chronological order:

    ???
    Swiss player
    Berson, Margaret - St. Petersburg
    Hill & Sons - London (c 1920)
    ???
    Posner, Nathan E. (1934)
    William Moennig & Son
    Haff, Dr. Charles A.
    ???

Remarks:

Henley, William: Antonio Stradivari - His Life and Instruments [73] p 36