1722 - Violin "Laurie"

Soundboard of spruce to medium-narrow grain at the center, which widens towards the flanks. Back of two pieces of curly maple with narrow curl, glued to lightweight herringbone with apex at the bottom. Ribs of curly maple medium curl. Scroll of maple with faint curl. Orange-brown varnish on a golden ground.

  • 1722, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1722
  • 35.7 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 11.3 cm
  • 20.8 cm
  • Joseph Joachim 1907
  • Robert von Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn family 1907; Joseph Joachim 1907; Francis Drake Ballard; Blaise Calame (Paris) 1963
  • 1963, Stresa: Mostra di Antonio Stradivari
  • The violin was used in 1957 by Blaise Calame to repeat the experiment in comparison with the violin Savart at the GAM (Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale), Université de Paris VI.
  • S. a. 1963; Goodking 1972; Leipp 1989; Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister 1990; S. a. 1996 (V)

creato:martedì 22 maggio 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017