di Balestrieri Tommaso

1760 - Violin

Soundboard of two pieces of spruce from different trees with medium vein at the center that widens at the flanks.
Back of two pieces of curly maple almost smooth. Ribs of maple similar to that of the back. Scroll of wood similar to that of the back and sides. Golden-orange varnish.

  • 1760, Mantua
  • Thomas Balestrieri Cremonensis / fecit Mantua anno 1760
  • 35.1 cm
  • 15.87 cm
  • 11.11 cm
  • 20.16 cm
  • Emil Hermann, June 9, 1943; Harry A. Daffi, Miami, May 8, 1992; Jacques Français, New York, March 3, 1995
  • Dendrochronological analysis performed by Peter Ratcliff, London, 23 April, 2012, which resulted in the most recent growth ring dating to 1736 in the bass part, 1656 in the treble
  • New York Philarmonic
  • Tarisio auctioned in May 2014
creato:martedì 3 giugno 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017