1739 c. - Violin "Kortschak"

Back of two pieces of curly maple with medium-narrow discontinuous curl, glued to lightweight herringbone with vertex at the top.

  • 1739, Cremona
  • Authentic, but altered: the original last digit was "5", but has been changed to "9"
  • 35.1 cm
  • 16.7 cm
  • 10,11 cm
  • 20.4 cm
  • Patricia M. Kozerefski & Richard Bogomolny
  • Letter by W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin, December 16, 1919; Letter by W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin, June 28, 1923; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, March 29, 1923; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, March 13, 1926; Emil Herrmann, Berlin, New York, Easton, March 30, 1942; Bein & Fushi, Chicago, October 20, 1994
  • Dendrochronological analysis by Peter Klein (Hamburg) 1998. Youngest ring is 1733
  • W.E. Hill & Sons 1912; Hugo Kortschak (New York) 1912; Wilhelm Hermann Hammig (Berlin); Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1923; John Taylor Roberts (Hartford, Connecticut) 1923; Unknown 1925; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1931; Austin D. Levy (Harrisville, RI); Emil Herrmann 1942; Hymen Rabushka (St. Louis) 1942; Joseph Haft (Flushing, Long Island); Dr. James K. Sutherland (Michigan) 1963; Hans Isenberg (Chicago/Wilmette);C. M. Sin (Hong Kong) 1993; Bein & Fushi 1994; Uto Ughi 1994; Patricia M. Kozerefski & Richard Bogomolny 1998
  • 1994, New York: The Violin Msterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù
  • Wurlitzer 1925; Hill 1931; Jalovec 1952; S. a. 1963 (III); S. a. 1973; Bein & Fushi 1993; AA.VV. 1994; Lewin 1994; Chiesa-Hargrave-Pollens 1998; Bein & Fushi 1998
  • The instrument is also known as Wurlitzer, Hammig, Spanish Joseph
creato:lunedì 15 ottobre 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017