1726 - Violin "Hamma"

Soundboard of spruce with narrow vein to the center, which widens towards the flanks. Back of two pieces of curly maple to very narrow curl, horizontal at the top and to herringbone with apex at the top at the bottom. Ribs of curly maple to larger curl. Scroll of curly maple on broad curl. Orange-brown varnish on a golden ground.

  • 1726, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1726
  • 35.9 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 11.4 cm
  • 20.8 cm
  • Letter by Hamma & Co., Stuttgart, August 9, 1960; Walter Hamma & Co., Stuttgart, December 10, 1965; Association des Maitre Luthiers Suisse, September 18, 1967; Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam, August 29, 1979; Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna, June 20, 1991; Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, September 26, 1990
  • Kyoko Takezawa 1998
  • W.E. Hill & Sons 1950; Reginald Milton 1950; Anonymous 1979; Kenneth Warren & Son 1990; Anonymous 1990
  • Sotheby's 1964 (III); Christie's 1978; Bongartz's 1985; Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister 1990
creato:lunedì 3 marzo 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017