This is a list of Stradivarius instruments, fabricated by members of the house of Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the colloquial, "Strad", is...

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Violins

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ex-Back	1666	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	currently displayed as part of Royal Academy's York Gate Collection
Dubois	1667	Canimex Foundation	on loan to Alexandre Da Costa Alexandre Da Costa -Life and career:Da Costa was born in Montreal Canada in 1979. He received a Master’s degree in violin in 1998 and a First Prize from the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec. From 1998 to 2001, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid with his mentor Zakhar Bron. In 2002,...
Aranyi	1667	Francis Aranyi (collector)	sold at Sotheby's Sotheby's Sotheby's is the world's fourth oldest auction house in continuous operation.-History:The oldest auction house in operation is the Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674, the second oldest is Göteborgs Auktionsverk founded in 1681 and third oldest being founded in 1731, all Swedish...  London, 12 November 1986
ex-Captain Saville	1667	Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume  Captain Saville (1901–1907)
Amatese	1668		though listed in many reference books as one of Stradivari's earliest instruments, the modern consensus is that it is not a Stradivari; it was sold Sotheby's New York 3 February 1982 as "an interesting violin."
Oistrakh	1671	David Oistrakh David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....	Stolen from the Museum of Musical Culture in Russia in May 1996 but recovered in 2001.
Sellière	1672	Charles IV of Spain Charles IV of Spain Charles IV was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.-Early life:...
Spanish	1678	Finnish Cultural Foundation	on loan to Elina Vähälä Elina Vähälä Elina Vähälä is a Finnish violinist. Vähälä made her concert debut aged 12 with the Lahti Symphony. Elina Vähälä has released CDs and given many concerts.- External links :*...
Hellier Hellier Stradivarius The Hellier Stradivarius of circa 1679 is a violin made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy. It derives its name from the Hellier family, who might well have bought it directly from the luthier himself....	1679	Sir Samuel Hellier The Wodehouse The Wodehouse is a country house near Wombourne, Staffordshire, notable as the seat of the Georgian landscape designer and musicologist Sir Samuel Hellier and, a century later, Colonel Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier, director of the Royal Military School of Music. For almost 200 years the family...	Smithsonian Institution
Paganini-Desaint	1680	Nippon Music Foundation Nippon Music Foundation The Nippon Music Foundation is an organisation under the supervision of the Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education...	this violin along with the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727, the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola 1731, and Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, compose a group of instruments referred to as the Paganini Quartet Paganini Quartet The Paganini Quartet was a virtuoso string quartet founded by its first violinist, Henri Temianka, in 1946. The quartet drew its name from the fact that all four of its instruments, made by Antonio Stradivari , had once been owned by the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini... ; on loan to Kikuei Ikeda of the Tokyo String Quartet Tokyo String Quartet The is an international string quartet.The group formed in 1969 at the Juilliard School of Music. The founding members attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, where they studied with Professor Hideo Saito. Soon after its formation the Quartet won First Prizes at the Coleman Competition,... . The foundation owns more than a dozen Stradivari instruments.
	1680	The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei
	1681	Reynier or Comte de Chesnais	Owned in 1949 by Lyon & Healey. Previously owned by Napoleon III, the violinist Léon Reynier and the comte de Chesnais.
Fleming	1681
Bucher	1683
Cipriani Potter	1683	Cipriani Potter Cipriani Potter Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter was a British composer, pianist and educator.-Life and career:Born in London, the son of a piano teacher named Richard Huddleston Potter, Cipriani was named after his godmother...
Cobbett; ex-Holloway	1683		on loan to Sejong brokered by the Stradivari Society
ex-Croall	1684	WestLB
ex-Elphinstone	1684		owned since 2005 by Philip Greenberg, Artistic director and conductor of the Kiev Philharmonic in the Ukraine. Currently on loan (2011) to Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in... , violinist.
ex-Arma Senkrah	1685
ex-Castelbarco	1685
Rosenheim	1686	Mr. William Rosenheim
Goddard	1686	Miss Goddard Antonio Fortunato
Ole Bull	1687	Ole Bull Ole Bull Ole Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian violinist and composer.-Background:Bull was born in Bergen. He was the eldest of ten children of Johan Storm Bull and Anna Dorothea Borse Geelmuyden . His brother, Georg Andreas Bull became a noted Norwegian architect...  (1844)	Donated to the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...  in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert Richard Axelrod is a tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.-Early life:... . Now part of the Axelrod quartet Axelrod quartet right|thumbnail|The Axelrod quartet, on display in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]. From left to right:[[Greffuhle Stradivarius|Greffuhle violin]] , [[Axelrod Stradivarius|Axelrod viola]] , [[Ole Bull Stradivarius|Ole Bull violin]] , and [[Marylebone... .
Mercur-Avery	1687		on loan to Jonathan Carney, concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a professional American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.In September 2007, Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s twelfth music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra.The BSO Board...  since 2002
	1688	The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei
Auer	1689		on loan to Vadim Gluzman brokered by the Stradivari Society
Arditi	1689	Dextra musica AS, Norway	on loan to Elise Båtnes, concertmaster Concertmaster The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader... , Oslo Philharmonic
Baumgartner	1689	Canada Council for the Arts	on loan to Judy Kang Judy Kang Judy Kang is a Canadian violinist. She began her career at the age of 4 in her native Edmonton, Canada, and has since toured across the globe with a multitude of orchestras and ensembles. At age 11, she began to study on a full scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Musicand and at just 17, she...
Spanish I	1689	Patrimonio Nacional Patrimonio Nacional The Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish... , Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain	date range 1687–1689; part of a duo of violins (Spanish I and II) referred to as los Decorados, and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the Spanish Court viola (1696) and cello (1694).
Spanish II	1689	Patrimonio Nacional Patrimonio Nacional The Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish... , Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain	date range 1687–1689; part of a duo of violins (Spanish I and II) referred to as los Decorados, and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the Spanish Court viola (1696) and cello (1694).
Bingham	1690
Bennett	1692	Winterthur-Versicherungen Winterthur Group AXA Winterthur is a multinational insurance company. The original company named Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1875. Until June 2006, Winterthur was a Credit Suisse subsidiary. Now, Paris-based AXA Insurance has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Winterthur...	on loan to Hanna Weinmeister
Falmouth	1692		on loan to Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek virtuoso violinist .-Beginnings:Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes...
Gould	1693	George Gould Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...	bequeathed by Gould to the Metropolitan Museum in 1955
Harrison	1693	Richard Harrison Henry Hottinger Kyung-wha Chung Kyung-wha Chung Kyung-wha Chung is a Korean violinist.- Biography :Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. Her fame in the seventies and eighties was at the top level, and ranked alongside the great violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman...	in the collection of the National Music Museum
Baillot-Pommerau	1694		Formerly owned by Arthur Catterall Arthur Catterall Arthur Catterall was an English concert violinist, orchestral leader and conductor, one of the best-known English classical violinists of the first half of the twentieth century.- Early training :... , then by Alfredo Campoli Alfredo Campoli Alfredo Campoli was an Italian-born British violinist, often known simply as Campoli. He was noted for the beauty of the tone he produced from the violin.-Biography:...
Rutson	1694	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	on loan to Clio Gould Clio Gould Clio Gould, is an English violinist, professor, director of the Royal Academy Soloists and leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.Gould has appeared as soloist with a number of orchestras, including the London Sinfonietta, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the...
Fetzer	1695
	1697	Edvin Marton Edvin Marton Edvin Marton is a Ukrainian composer and violinist of Hungarian ethnicity. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stéphane Lambiel, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.- Biography :He was born in an area of Ukraine largely inhabited by...	Dima Bilan Dima Bilan ' is a Russian actor and pop singer . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits.... , together with Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics Gold Medalist, 2002 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, and 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and an eight-time... , and Edvin Marton Edvin Marton Edvin Marton is a Ukrainian composer and violinist of Hungarian ethnicity. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stéphane Lambiel, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.- Biography :He was born in an area of Ukraine largely inhabited by...  playing his Stradivarius, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
Molitor Molitor Stradivarius The Molitor Stradivarius is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona in 1697, the very beginning of the maker's celebrated "Golden" period...	1697	Madame Juliette Récamier, Paris (?–1804) Count Gabriel-Jean-Joseph Molitor, Paris (1804–1849) Molitor family (1849–1917) J. Mazeran, Paris (1917–1923) The Curtis Institute, Philadelphia (1929–1936) Mr. R. A. Bower, Somerset (1937–1957) Miss Muriel Anderson, Londonderry (1957–1989) Elmar Oliveira (1989–1994) Albert Stern (1994–2010) Anne Akiko Meyers Anne Akiko Meyers Anne Akiko Meyers is an American concert violinist. Meyers has toured and collaborated with a number of symphony orchestras and Il Divo, Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis. Meyers tours with a 1730 Stradivarius violin called the 'Royal Spanish'...  (2010–)	Thought to originally belong to Napoleon Bonaparte. Sold by Tarisio Auctions Tarisio Auctions - Tarisio Auctions :This is the main page for Tarisio Auctions, the online string instrument auction house. For the Italian violin collector, see Luigi Tarisio....  for $3,600,000, a new world record until the Lady Blunt was sold in June 20, 2011.
Cabriac	1698
Baron Knoop Baron Knoop Stradivarius The Baron Knoop Stradivarius of 1698 is an antique violin made by luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona ....	1698		one of eleven Stradivari violins associated with Baron Johann Knoop Baron Johann Knoop Baron Johann Knoop , was a collector of musical instruments who possessed a total of 29 great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including some four Stradivari violas...
Joachim	1698	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
Duc de Camposelice	1699	Cho-Liang Lin Cho-Liang Lin Cho-Liang Lin , born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras. "Musical America" named him its "Instrumentalist of the Year" in 2000...
Lady Tennant; Lafont Lady Tennant Stradivarius The Lady of Tennant-Lafont Stradivarius is an antique violin made by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona in 1699, one year before the beginning of his so-called 'golden' period....	1699	Charles Phillipe Lafont Marguerite Agaranthe Tennant	on loan to Xiang Gao brokered by the Stradivari Society; sold at Christie's auction US$2.032 million, April 2005
Longuet	1699
Countess Polignac	1699		on loan to Gil Shaham Gil Shaham -Biography:Gil Shaham was born in Urbana, Illinois, while his parents, Israeli scientists, were on an academic fellowship at the University of Illinois. His father Jacob was an astrophysicist, and his mother, Meira Diskin, was a cytogeneticist. His sister is the pianist Orli Shaham. He is a... .
Castelbarco	1699	Library of Congress Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...	Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Kustendyke	1699	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
Crespi	1699	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
The Penny	1700	Barbara Penny Barbara Penny Barbara Penny was a British violinist.She was the first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
Dragonetti	1700	Nippon Music Foundation	Formerly owned by Alfredo Campoli Alfredo Campoli Alfredo Campoli was an Italian-born British violinist, often known simply as Campoli. He was noted for the beauty of the tone he produced from the violin.-Biography:... , now played by Veronika Eberle Veronika Eberle Veronika Eberle is a German violinist.Veronika Eberle has established a reputation as one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years....
Jupiter Jupiter Stradivarius The Jupiter, ex-Goding Stradivarius is a violin constructed in 1722 by the famous luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of only 700 extant Stradivari instruments in the world today.The Jupiter is owned by the Nippon Music Foundation...	1700	Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness...
Taft; ex-Emil Heermann	1700	Canada Council for the Arts	on loan to Renée‑Paule Gauthier
Dushkin	1701		on loan to Dennis Kim, concertmaster, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Markees Markees Stradivarius The Markees is a violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It was created in 1701....	1701	Music Chamber
Irish	1702	Pohjola Bank Art Foundation, Finland	on loan to Antti Tikkanen
Conte de Fontana; ex-Oistrakh	1702	David Oistrakh David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....  (1953–1963) Riccardo Brengola Riccardo Brengola Riccardo Brengola was an Italian violinist.Brengola was born in Naples. A child prodigy, he made his first studies with his father, and got his violin diploma in the Casablanca Conservatory at the early age of 11. returning to Italy, he studied violin with Arrigo Serato and orchestral conducting...   Pro Canale Foundation	Oistrakh's first violin; on loan to Mariana Sirbu
Lukens; Edler Voicu	1702	A. W. Lukens Ion Voicu Romania Culture Ministry	on loan to Alexandru Tomescu through 2012
King Maximilian Joseph	1702
Lyall	1702
Antonio Stradivari	1703	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	on exhibit at Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin
La Rouse Boughton	1703	Österreichische Nationalbank	on loan to Boris Kuschnir of the Kopelman Quartet Kopelman Quartet The Kopelman Quartet is a Russian string quartet founded in 2002 by Mikhail Kopelman , Boris Kuschnir , Igor Sulyga and Mikhail Milman .- External links :*...
Lord Newlands	1702	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Sergey Khachatryan
Allegretti	1703
Alsager	1703
Lady Harmsworth	1703	Paul Bartel	on loan to Kristof Barati Kristof Barati Kristóf Baráti is a Hungarian violinist, and is widely regarded as one of the most talented violinists to emerge in recent years.-Early life:...  brokered by the Stradivari Society
Emiliani	1703	Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter is a German violinist.- Early life :Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano at age five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin, studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch...
ex-Foulis	1703		on loan to Karen Gomyo
Betts Betts Stradivarius The Betts Stradivarius is an antique violin made in 1704 by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of only 700 known extant Stradivari instruments....	1704	U.S. Library of Congress Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...	Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Sleeping Beauty	1704	L-Bank Baden-Württemberg	on loan to Isabelle Faust. One of the few Stradivari violins to have retained original neck.
ex-Marsick; ex-Oistrakh	1705	David Oistrakh	acquired in trade by Oistrakh for the 1702 Conte di Fontana
ex-Tadolini	1706	The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei
ex-Brüstlein	1707	Österreichische Nationalbank
La Cathédrale	1707
Hammer Hammer Stradivarius The Hammer Stradivarius is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The back measures 36 cm, bearing the label inside: "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis/Faciebat Anno 1707"...	1707	Christian Hammer (collector)	sold at Christie's New York on 16 May 2006 for a record US$3,544,000 (€2,765,080) after five minutes of bidding
Le Davidoff	1708	Musée de la Musique Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995... , Paris	bequeathed to the Museum in 1887
Le Tua	1708	Musée de la Musique Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995... , Paris	donated to the museum in 1935
Burstein; Bagshawe	1708		owned by the Jacobs family, loaned to Jeff Thayer, San Diego Symphony concertmaster
Huggins	1708	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Ray Chen Ray Chen Ray Chen is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.-Biography:...
Regent	1708	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	on loan to Tasmin Little Tasmin Little Tasmin Little is an English violinist.She studied under Pauline Scott at the Yehudi Menuhin School and later at the Guildhall School of Music, coming to prominence as a string section finalist in the 1982 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition...
Ruby	1708		on loan to Chen Xi brokered by the Stradivari Society
Strauss	1708		on loan to Chee-Yun Kim Chee Yun Kim Chee Yun is a South Korean female violinist from Seoul. Her professional name is "Chee-Yun". Chee-Yun performed in Korea at the age of 13. She studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Felix Galimir. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1989...  brokered by the Stradivari Society
Greffuhle	1709		Donated to the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...  in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert Richard Axelrod is a tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.-Early life:... . Now part of the Axelrod quartet Axelrod quartet right|thumbnail|The Axelrod quartet, on display in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]. From left to right:[[Greffuhle Stradivarius|Greffuhle violin]] , [[Axelrod Stradivarius|Axelrod viola]] , [[Ole Bull Stradivarius|Ole Bull violin]] , and [[Marylebone... .
Berlin Hochschule	1709
Hammerle; ex-Adler	1709	Österreichische Nationalbank	on loan to Werner Hink
Ernst	1709		on loan to Dénes Zsigmondy through 2003
Engleman	1709	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Lisa Batiashvili Lisa Batiashvili Lisa Batiashvili is a Georgian violinist, the daughter of a violinist father and a pianist mother. Her father was her first teacher from age 4. She later studied at the Hamburg Musikhochschule...
King Maximilian; Unico	1709	Axel Springer Foundation	on loan to Michel Schwalbé, concert master of the Berlin Philharmonic (1966–1986); reported stolen in 1999
Viotti; ex-Bruce	1709	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	purchased in 2005 for GB£3.5 million
Marie Hall	1709	Giovanni Battista Viotti The Chi-Mei Collection	named after the violinist, Marie Hall
ex-Kempner	1709		on loan to Soovin Kim
La Pucelle La Pucelle (violin) La Pucelle, also known as The Virgin, is a 1709 violin made by Antonio Stradivari. Parisian dealer Jean Baptiste Vuillaume took it apart in the 19th century and added a tailpiece with a carving of Joan of Arc, the virgin warrior known as "La Pucelle". It was once owned by Huguette Clark, given to...	1709	Huguette Clark  David Fulton
Camposelice	1710	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Kyoko Takezawa Kyoko Takezawa is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded on both the BMG and RCA labels.She started her training in Japan as a part of the Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of the United States. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School where her teacher was Dorothy DeLay. Ms...
Lord Dunn-Raven Lord Dunn-Raven Stradivarius The Lord Dunn-Raven Stradivarius of 1710 is an antique violin fabricated by luthier, Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . It is one of only 700 known extant Stradivari instruments. This violin is currently owned by violinist, Anne-Sophie Mutter. The Lord Dunn-Raven was fabricated during the Stradivari's...	1710	Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter is a German violinist.- Early life :Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano at age five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin, studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch...
ex-Roederer	1710		on loan to David Grimal David Grimal David Grimal is a French violinist.He started to play the violin at the age of five. He won First Prize in violin and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory in 1993. Afterwards he did his postgraduate studies with Regis PASQUIER... .
ex-Vieuxtemps	1710		on loan to Samuel Magad, concertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
Davis	1710		on loan to Michael Shih, concertmaster, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Fort Worth, Texas. The orchestra performs at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth...
the Lady Inchiquin	1711	previously owned by Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...	played by Frank Peter Zimmermann Frank Peter Zimmermann Frank Peter Zimmermann is a German violinist.He was born in Duisburg, Germany, and started playing the violin when he was five years old, giving his first concert with orchestra at the age of 10.... , a German banking company, WestLB AG, bought it for his use.
Earl of Plymouth; Kreisler	1711	Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...	found in store room on the estate of the Earl of Plymouth Earl of Plymouth Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...  along with The Messiah and Alard violins in 1925; purchased by Fritz Kreisler in 1928 and subsequently sold by him in 1946
Liegnitz	1711		previously owned by Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg was a Polish-born American violinist and conductor.Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw...
Le Brun	1712	Niccolò Paganini Niccolò Paganini Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...   Charles LeBrun Otto Senn	sold at Sotheby's auction 13 November 2001
Karpilowsky	1712	Harry Solloway	missing: stolen in 1953 from Solloway's residence in Los Angeles
Schreiber	1713
Antonio Stradivari	1713
Boissier	1713
Daniel	1713		on loan to Jhon Paul Reynols
Sancy	1713	Ivry Gitlis Ivry Gitlis Ivry Gitlis is an Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He has performed with the world's top orchestras , and many of his recordings are considered classics.-Life:Born in Haifa, Mandate Palestine to Jewish immigrants from Russia,...
Gibson; ex-Huberman Gibson Stradivarius The Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivarius of 1713 is an antique violin fabricated by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The Gibson, while owned by Bronisław Huberman, was stolen twice...	1713	Bronisław Huberman  Joshua Bell Joshua Bell Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...	stolen twice from Huberman
Lady Ley	1713	Stradivarius family	now bought by Jue Yao, Chinese violinist
Wirt	1713	The Chi-Mei Collection
Dolphin; Delfino Dolphin Stradivarius The Dolphin; Delfino Stradivarius of 1714 is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. This violin was once owned and played by the virtuoso Jascha Heifetz...	1714	Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz was a violinist, born in Vilnius, then Russian Empire, now Lithuania. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.- Early life :...   Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Akiko Suwanai Akiko Suwanai is a Japanese classical violinist.She was the youngest winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In addition, she won second place in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1989 and is a laureate of the International Japan Competition.She has studied with Toshiya Eto at the...
Soil Soil Stradivarius The Soil Stradivarius of 1714 is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . A product of Stradivari’s golden period, it is considered one of his finest....	1714	Amédée Soil Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...   Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
ex-Berou; ex-Thibaud	1714
Le Maurien	1714		missing: stolen 2002
Leonora Jackson	1714
Massart	1714	Lambert Massart  György Pauk György Pauk -Biography:Born in Budapest, Hungary, Pauk entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music there at age twelve where he studied under Zoltán Kodály. In 1956 he left Hungary for the Netherlands and, after being persuaded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, he permanently settled in London in 1961.Since then he...
Sinsheimer; General Kyd; Perlman	1714	Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:... David L. Fulton
Smith-Quersin	1714	Österreichische Nationalbank	on loan to Rainer Honeck
Alard-Baron Knoop	1715
Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan Stradivarius The Baron Knoop, ex-Bevan Stradivarius is a violin made by the celebrated luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy in 1715.The instrument is named for Baron Johann Knoop , a collector of dozens of great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including four violas representing more...	1715
ex-Bazzini	1715
Cremonese; ex-Harold; Joseph Joachim	1715	Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant violinists of the 19th century.-Origins:...   Municipality of Cremona
Duke of Cambridge; ex-Pierre Rode	1715	NPO "Yellow Angel"	on loan to Ryu Goto Ryu Goto is a Japanese-American concert violinist. Goto gained attention as a child prodigy, first performing at the age of seven in the Pacific Music Festival held in Sapporo, Japan. His debut tour of 12 cities of Japan, in 2006, was sold out.-Early life:...
Joachim	1715	Nippon Music Foundation
Lipinski Lipinski Stradivarius The Lipinski Stradivarius is an antique violin constructed in 1715 by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, during Stradivari's "golden period" between 1700 and 1720...	1715	Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian baroque composer and violinist.-Biography:Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.It...	on loan to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its primary performing venue is the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts...  concertmaster, Frank Almond
ex-Marsick	1715		on loan to James Ehnes James Ehnes James Ehnes, CM is a Canadian concert violinist.The son of Alan Ehnes, trumpet professor at Brandon University and Barbara Ehnes, former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four...
Titian	1715	Jacob Lynam
Le Provigny	1716	Musée de la Musique Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995... , Paris	bequeathed to the Museum in 1909
Cessole	1716
Berthier	1716	Baron Vecsey de Vecse Franco Gulli
Booth Booth Stradivarius The Otto Booth; Cho-Ming Sin Stradivarius of 1716 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The original label of the instrument was "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1716"...	1716	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Shunsuke Sato Shunsuke Sato is a Japanese born, classical and baroque violinist and violist.-Musical activities:Sato started his concert career in the United States at 12, by winning the Young Concert Artists first prize in 1997, performing throughout North America, Europe, and Japan as a soloist with orchestras such as... ; formerly loaned to Arabella Steinbacher Arabella Steinbacher Arabella Steinbacher is a German classical violinist.-Biography:Steinbacher was born in Munich on November 14, 1981, to a German father and a Japanese mother. When she was three, her mother read that a German violin teacher had recently returned from Japan after studying the Suzuki method. ... ; formerly loaned to Julia Fischer Julia Fischer Julia Fischer is a German classical violinist and pianist.-Biography:Julia Fischer, born in Munich, Germany, is of German-Slovakian parentage. Her mother, Viera Fischer , came from the German minority in Slovakia and immigrated from Košice, Slovakia to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972...
Colossus	1716		missing: stolen 1998
Duranti	1716	Mariko Senju
Milstein ex Goldman	1716	Nathan Milstein Nathan Milstein Nathan Mironovich Milstein was a Russian-born American virtuoso violinist.Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and for works from the Romantic period...	sold by Charles Beare and the Milstein Family to Jerry Kohl
Monasterio	1716		Cyrus Forough
Provigny	1716
Messiah-Salabue Messiah Stradivarius The Messiah-Salabue Stradivarius of 1716 is a violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is considered to be the only Stradivarius in existence in as new state....	1716	Ashmolean Museum Oxford	on exhibit at the Oxford Ashmolean Museum
ex-Windsor-Weinstein; Fite	1716	Canada Council for the Arts	on loan to Caroline Chéhadé
Baron Wittgenstein	1716	The Bulgarian state	on loan to Mincho Minchev since 1979; formerly owned by John Corigliano (former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"... )
Gariel	1717	Jaime Laredo Jaime Laredo Jaime Laredo is a violinist and conductor. Currently the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, he began his musical career when he was five years old. In 1948 he came to North America and took lessons from Antonio DeGrass...
ex-Wieniawski	1717
Kochanski	1717	Pierre Amoyal Paweł Kochański	reported stolen in 1987; recovered in 1991
Sasserno	1717	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Viviane Hagner Viviane Hagner Viviane Hagner is an internationally renowned violinist. She was born in Munich, Germany in 1977, to a German father and Korean mother.Hagner made her international debut at the age of 12, and one year later performed as soloist at the historic "Joint Concert" in Tel Aviv with the Berlin and...
Viotti; ex-Rosé	1718	Giovanni Battista Viotti Österreichische Nationalbank	on loan to Volkhard Steude
Chanot-Chardon	1718	Timothy Baker Joshua Bell Joshua Bell Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...	shaped like a guitar; on loan to Simone Lamsma
Firebird; ex-Saint Exupéry	1718	Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting....	name is taken from the colouration of the varnish and its brilliant sound.
Marquis de Riviere	1718	Daniel Majeske	played by Majeske while concertmaster Concertmaster The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...  of the Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...  from 1969–1993
San Lorenzo	1718	Georg Talbot	on loan to David Garrett David Garrett (violinist) David Garrett is a record breaking German/American classical violinist and recording artist.-Personal life:... , while his Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ; was an emiliano luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.-Biography:...  is repaired. Initial news reports erroneously stated it was the San Lorenzo he had smashed.
ex-Count Vieri	1718	The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei
Lauterbach Lauterbach Stradivarius The Lauterbach Stradivarius of 1719 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier, Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . The instrument derives its name from previous owner, German virtuoso, Johann Christoph Lauterbach.-History of owners:...	1719	Johann Christoph Lauterbach J.B. Vuillaume  Charles Philippe Lafont Charles Philippe Lafont Charles Philippe Lafont was a French violinist and composer.-Biography:Born in Paris, he received his first lessons from his mother. He later studied with Rodolphe Kreutzer and Pierre Rode....
Zahn	1719	LVMH LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., better known as LVMH, is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The company was formed after the 1987 merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy, a company formed after the 1971 merger...
Madrileño	1720	Rimma Sushanskaya teacher of Harvard wife of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat... Rembert Wurlitzer Duques de Osuna
von Beckerath	1720	Michael Antonello
Sinsheimer; Iselin	1721		reported stolen near Hanover, Germany in 2008; recovered in 2009.
Lady Blunt	1721	Nippon Music Foundation Nippon Music Foundation The Nippon Music Foundation is an organisation under the supervision of the Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education...	named after Lady Anne Blunt Lady Anne Blunt Anne Isabella Noel Blunt, née King-Noel, 15th Baroness Wentworth , known for most of her life as Lady Anne Blunt, was co-founder, with her husband the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. The two married on 8 June 1869... , daughter of Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace , born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine... , granddaughter of Lord Byron. The Lady Blunt was last sold at London auction house Tarisio on June 20, 2011 for £9,808,000 (US$15.9 million), with proceeds going to the Nippon Foundation's Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.
Jean-Marie Leclair	1721	Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné, also known as Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder, was a Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school...	on loan to Guido Rimonda Guido Rimonda Guido Rimonda is an Italian violinist and conductor.-Biography:Born at Saluzzo in Piedmont, Rimonda studied the violin under Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Renato Biffoli, [Renato de Barbieri, Edoardo Oddone and Ruggiero Ricci. He made his debut at the age of 13 as the player of Corelli's sonatas in...
Red Mendelssohn	1721	Mendelssohn family Mendelssohn family The Mendelssohn family are the descendants of the German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, and include his grandson, the composer Felix Mendelssohn....   Elizabeth Pitcairn Elizabeth Pitcairn Elizabeth Pitcairn is an American classical violinist. She has concertized widely as a soloist and is noted for performing on the Antonio Stradivari violin that is said to have inspired the film The Red Violin.-Childhood:...	inspiration for the 1998 film, The Red Violin The Red Violin The Red Violin is a 1998 Canadian drama film directed by François Girard. It spans three centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious violin and its many owners...
The Macmillan	1721		On Loan to Ray Chen Ray Chen Ray Chen is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.-Biography:...  through Young Concert Artists
Artot	1722	Lorin Maazel Lorin Maazel Lorin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer.- Early life :Maazel was born to Jewish-American parents in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. His father, Lincoln Maazel , was...
Jules Falk Jules Falk Stradivarius The Jules Falk Stradivarius is an antique violin made in 1723 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . The instrument is currently owned and played by Russian violinist, Viktoria Mullova. It was with this instrument that Mullova won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1982....	1723	Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova is a Russian violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number of violin concerti, compositions by J.S. Bach, and her innovative interpretations of popular and jazz compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, and...
Jupiter; ex-Goding	1722	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Daishin Kashimoto; formerly Midori Goto Midori Goto is a Japanese American violinist. She made her debut at the age of 11 in a last-minute change of programming during a concert highlighting young performers by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. When she was 21, she formed the philanthropic group Midori and Friends to help bring music to...
Laub-Petschnikoff Laub-Petschnikoff Stradivarius The Laub-Petschnikoff Stradivarius of 1722 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . It is one of only 700 known extant Stradivarius instruments in the world today....	1722
Elman	1722	Chi Mei Museum
Cádiz Cádiz Stradivarius The Cádiz Stradivarius of 1722 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The instrument is named after the city Cádiz, Spain where it resided for eighty years. In 1946 it was acquired by American violinist Joseph Fuchs, and is currently owned by a private...	1722	Joseph Fuchs Joseph Fuchs Joseph Fuchs was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs....	on loan to Jennifer Frautschi; named after the city of Cádiz, Spain.
Kiesewetter Kiesewetter Stradivarius The Kiesewetter Stradivarius of circa 1723 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . The instrument derives its name from its previous owner, German composer and violinist Christophe Gottfried Kiesewetter .In 2006, the Stradivari Society brokered an... ; ex-Keisewetter	1723	Clement and Karen Arrison	on loan to Philippe Quint Philippe Quint -Biography:Quint, whose surname is of Italian origin, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at Moscow's Special Music School for the Gifted with Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov and made his orchestral debut at the age of nine. After emigrating to the United States in 1991, he earned both...  brokered by the Stradivari Society Left by Quint in taxi on 21 April 2008, and recovered the following day.
Earl Spencer	1723		on loan to Nicola Benedetti Nicola Benedetti - Early life and the Yehudi Menuhin School :Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire to an Italian father and a Scottish mother. She started to learn the violin at the age of four...
Le Sarasate	1724	Musée de la Musique Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995... , Paris	bequeathed to the Conservatory by Pablo de Sarasate Pablo de Sarasate Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués was a Navarrese Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period.-Career:Pablo Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Navarre, the son of an artillery bandmaster... , in memory of his student days at the Conservatoire
Brancaccio	1725	Destroyed in an allied air raid on Berlin.	owned by Carl Flesch Carl Flesch Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher.Carl Flesch was born in Moson in Hungary in 1873. He began playing the violin at seven years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire... , until 1928 where it was sold to Franz von Mendelssohn, banker and amateur violinist.
Chaconne	1725	Österreichische Nationalbank	on loan to Rainer Küchel
Leonardo da Vinci	1725	Da Vinci family
Wilhelmj	1725	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Baiba Skride Baiba Skride Baiba Skride is a Latvian classical violinist. She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001, and has performed around the world... ; one of several Stradivari violins with the sobriquet "Wilhelmj"
Greville; Kreisler; Adams	1726	Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...
Baron Deurbroucq	1727	Baron Deurbroucq (The Hague) (1870) Robert Crawford (Edinburgh) W.E. Hill & Sons (1902) Hans Wessely (1903–1926) David D. Walton (Boston) (1926) Emil Herrmann Emil Herrmann Emil Herrmann was a prominent dealer and restorer of violins in New York City. Nearly all of the most famous instruments passed through his hands at one time or another of his career including literally hundreds of made by Antonio Stradivari, Jakob Steiner and the Amati, and Guarneri families...  (19??–1945) Fredell Lack Fredell Lack Fredell Lack is an American violinist. Noted as a concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and teacher, she is retired from a position as the C. W...  (1945-present)
Barrere	1727		on loan to Janine Jansen Janine Jansen Janine Jansen is a violinist. She began to study the violin at age 6. Her father and both her brothers are also musicians. Her mother is a classical singer and is a sister of the bass Peter Kooy...  brokered by the Stradivari Society
Davidoff-Morini	1727		missing: stolen in 1995;
ex-General Dupont	1727	Arthur Grumiaux Arthur Grumiaux Arthur Grumiaux was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano.-Youth:Grumiaux was born in Villers-Perwin, Belgium to a working-class family, and it was his grandfather who urged him to begin music studies at the age of only 4...	on loan to Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in...
Holroyd	1727
Kreutzer	1727	Maxim Vengerov Maxim Vengerov Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....	one of four Stradivari violins with the sobriquet Kreutzer (1701, 1720, 1731)
ex-Reynier or Le Reynier; Hart; ex-Francescatti	1727	LVMH LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., better known as LVMH, is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The company was formed after the 1987 merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy, a company formed after the 1971 merger...  since 1993 or 1994 Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting.... .	Named after Léon Reynier who won at the Concervatoire de Paris in 1847. Has been lent to Maxim Vengerov. Now on loan to Augustin Dumay.
Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue	1727	Nippon Music Foundation	this violin along with the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1680, the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola of 1731, and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, compose a group of instruments referred to as the Paganini Quartet Paganini Quartet The Paganini Quartet was a virtuoso string quartet founded by its first violinist, Henri Temianka, in 1946. The quartet drew its name from the fact that all four of its instruments, made by Antonio Stradivari , had once been owned by the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini... ; on loan to Martin Beaver Martin Beaver Martin Beaver is a Canadian violinist. As a part of the Tokyo String Quartet he plays the Paganini-Comte Cozio di Salabue violin circa 1727...  of the Tokyo String Quartet
Halphen	1727	Angelika Prokopp Private Foundation	on loan to Eckhard Seifert
Vesuvius	1727	Antonio Brosa Remo Lauricella Remo Lauricella Remo Lauricella was a British composer and concert violinist.He was born in London in 1912, his parents hailing from Catania in Sicily. Lauricella’s father Pietro, a successful tailor with a fashionable clientele, gave him his first violin lessons. He obtained a scholarship to the Royal College...   Town of Cremona Cremona Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
A. J. Fletcher; Red Cross Knight	1728	A. J. Fletcher Foundation	on loan to Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet Borromeo String Quartet The Borromeo String Quartet is an American string quartet, in residence at the New England Conservatory since 1992. They have performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, at numerous festivals and in many distinguished chamber music series... ; the instrument was made by Omobono Stradivarius
Artot-Alard Artot-Alard Stradivarius The Artot-Alard Stradivarius of 1728 is an antique violin made by luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona ....	1728	Endre Balogh	a bench copy of this instrument was produced in 1996 by Gregg Alf Gregg Alf Gregg T. Alf is a prominent contemporary American violin maker based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Alf made his first violin in 1975...  and Joseph Curtin Joseph Curtin Joseph Curtin is a contemporary violinmaker.Established in Ann Arbor, co-founder with Gregg Alf of the firm Curtin & Alf.He was a 2005 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant". He has also directed workshops on violin design through the Violin Society of America, a group of... , using modern materials and methods; Balogh performs on both the 1728 original and the replica.
Dragonetti; Milanollo	1728	Giovanni Battista Viotti Domenico Dragonetti Domenico Dragonetti Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti was an Italian double bass virtuoso and composer. He stayed for thirty years in his hometown of Venice, Italy and worked at the Opera Buffa, at the Chapel of San Marco and at the Grand Opera in Vicenza...   Teresa Milanollo Teresa Milanollo Teresa Milanollo was an Italian violinist and composer. She performed as a duo with her sister Maria-Margherita, who was two years younger and also a violinist.-Biography:...	on loan to Corey Cerovsek Corey Cerovsek Corey Cerovsek is a violinist, pianist, and mathematician. At age 12, he was the youngest student to receive a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 1992, Cerovsek was the recipient of the Virginia-Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts...
Perkins	1728	Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...	named after Frederick Perkins, formerly owned by Luigi Boccherini Luigi Boccherini Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No...
Benny	1729	Jack Benny Jack Benny Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film...   Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...	bequeathed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Jack Benny
Solomon, ex-Lambert Solomon ex-Lambert Stradivarius The Solomon, Ex-Lambert Stradivarius of 1729 is a violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . The instrument derives its name from previous owners Seymour Solomon, co-founder of Vanguard Records, and British violinist, Dorothy Mary Murray LambertThe Solomon, ex-Lambert...	1729	Murray Lambert Seymour Solomon	sold at Christie's, New York for US$2,728,000 (€2,040,000)
Innes	1729		on loan to Eugen Sarbu; previously loaned to Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
Guarneri	1729	Canada Council for the Arts	on loan to Nikki Chooi
Recamier	1729	Ryuzo Ueno, Honorary Chairman, Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.	on loan to Sayaka Shoji Sayaka Shoji is a Japanese classical violinist. She is the first Japanese and youngest winner at the Paganini Competition in Genoa in 1999.She was born into an artistic family and spent her childhood in Siena, Italy. She studied at Hochschule für Musik Köln under Zakhar Bron and graduated in 2004...
Royal Spanish	1730	Anne Akiko Meyers Anne Akiko Meyers Anne Akiko Meyers is an American concert violinist. Meyers has toured and collaborated with a number of symphony orchestras and Il Divo, Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis. Meyers tours with a 1730 Stradivarius violin called the 'Royal Spanish'...	once owned by the King of Spain
Lady Jeanne	1731	Donald Kahn Foundation	on loan to Benjamin Schmid
Garcin	1731	Jules Garcin Jules Garcin Jules Auguste, Garcin [Salomon] was an illustrious French violinist, conductor and composer of the 19th century.He was born in Bourges...   Sidney Harth Sidney Harth Sidney Harth was an American violinist and conductor.In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland...
Heifetz-Piel	1731	Rudolph Piel Jascha Heifetz
Baillot	1732	Fondazione Casa di Risparmio	lent to Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola is an Italian violinist.- Life :Coming from a family of musicians, Carmignola began his violin studies with the support of his father Antonio to enter the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia with Luigi Ferro...  for the DG recording of Vivaldi: Concertos for Two Violins
Duke of Alcantara	1732	an obscure Spanish nobleman described as an aide-de-camp Aide-de-camp An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...  of King Don Carlos  UCLA	Genevieve Vedder donated the instrument to the University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA) music department in the 1960s. In 1967, the instrument was on loan to David Margetts. Whether it was left on the roof of his car or stolen is uncertain, but for 27 years the violin was considered missing until it was recovered from an amateur violinist who claimed to have found it on a freeway. A settlement was made and the Stradivarius was returned to UCLA in 1995.
Herkules	1732	Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...	missing: stolen in Russia in 1908 by Harrison 'Two Times' Shaw
Red Diamond	1732	Louis Von Spencer IV
Tom Tyler Tom Tyler Stradivarius The Tom Taylor Stradivarius is an antique violin made by renowned luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy circa 1732.The Tom Taylor is best known for its use in the recording and appearance in the Canadian film The Red Violin. It was played by Joshua Bell.The Tom Taylor was sold by Joshua Bell...	1732		previously loaned to Joshua Bell Joshua Bell Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...
Des Rosiers	1733	Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, CM, CQ is a Québécoise violinist.Dubeau is a graduate and First Prize winner of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. She studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Dorothy DeLay and later went to Romania to work with Ştefan Gheorghiu...	previously owned by Arthur Leblanc
Huberman; Kreisler	1733	Bronisław Huberman  Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...
Khevenhüller	1733	Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
Rode	1733		currently used by Erzhan Kulibaev Erzhan Kulibaev Erzhan Kulibaev, , is a Kazakhstani violinist.-Education:He began his formal musical education in 1995 at the Republican Special Music School for Talented Children of Kulyash Baiseitova in the class of Prof. N.M. Patrusheva. In 1998 he moved to the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied in the...  by courtesy of the Maggini Foundation
Ames Ames Stradivarius The Ames Stradivarius of 1734 is an antique violin, made by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of only 450 - 700 known extant Stradivari instruments in the world today....	1734		missing: stolen in 1981
Baron Feilitzsch; Heermann	1734	Baron Feilitzsch Hugo Heerman Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany.-Biography:Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish and Latvian-Swedish origins. He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather,...
Habeneck	1734	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
Herkules; Ysaÿe; ex-Szeryng; King David	1734	Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...   Charles Münch Charles Münch Charles Munch was an Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he is best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.-Biography:...   Henryk Szeryng Henryk Szeryng Henryk Szeryng was a Polish violinist.-Early years:He was born in Żelazowa Wola, Poland on 22 September 1918 into a wealthy family....   State of Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
Lord Amherst of Hackney	1734	Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...
Lamoureux; ex-Zimbalist	1735		missing: stolen
Muntz Muntz Stradivarius The Muntz Stradivarius is an antique violin crafted by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona in 1736. The label affixed to this instrument bears the inscription, “d'anni 92” , possibly handwritten by Stradivari himself. It has also been suggested that Count Cozio di Salabue, a subsequent owner, made this...	1736	Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Arabella Steinbacher Arabella Steinbacher Arabella Steinbacher is a German classical violinist.-Biography:Steinbacher was born in Munich on November 14, 1981, to a German father and a Japanese mother. When she was three, her mother read that a German violin teacher had recently returned from Japan after studying the Suzuki method. ...
ex-Roussy	1736	Chisako Takashima
Yale Stradivari	1736	Yale University Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... , Collection of Musical Instruments Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments The Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments is a museum at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The collection of musical instruments was established in 1900 by the gift of historic keyboard instruments by Morris Steinert and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by gifts from the Skinner...
Comte d'Amaille	1737
Lord Norton	1737

Violas

There are thirteen known extant Stradivari viola

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

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Sobriquet	Year	Provenance	Notes
Mahler	1672	Habisreutinger Foundation	The first of the Stradivarius violas; currently on loan to French violist Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit is a French violist.Tamestit, who studied at the Paris Conservatory, has performed at such venues as the Royal Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, and Carnegie Hall...
Tuscan-Medici	1690	Cosimo III de' Medici	commissioned by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici was the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and... ; currently on loan to the U.S. Library of Congress
Axelrod	1696		Donated to the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...  in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert Richard Axelrod is a tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.-Early life:... . Now part of the Axelrod quartet Axelrod quartet right|thumbnail|The Axelrod quartet, on display in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]. From left to right:[[Greffuhle Stradivarius|Greffuhle violin]] , [[Axelrod Stradivarius|Axelrod viola]] , [[Ole Bull Stradivarius|Ole Bull violin]] , and [[Marylebone... .
Archinto	1696	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
Spanish Court	1696	Patrimonio Nacional Patrimonio Nacional The Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish... , Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain	collectively known as del Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the violin duo, los Decorados (Spanish I and II, 1687-1689), and the Spanish Court cello of 1694.
Kux; Castelbarco	1714	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	converted from viol Viol The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...  to viola by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume Jean Baptiste Vuillaume Jean Baptiste Vuillaume was an illustrious French violin maker. He made over 3,000 instruments and was also a fine businessman and an inventor.-Early life:...
The Russian	1715	Russian State Collection
Cassavetti	1727	U.S. Library of Congress Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...	Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Paganini-Mendelssohn	1731		this viola along with the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1680, the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727, and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, compose a group of instruments referred to as the Paganini Quartet Paganini Quartet The Paganini Quartet was a virtuoso string quartet founded by its first violinist, Henri Temianka, in 1946. The quartet drew its name from the fact that all four of its instruments, made by Antonio Stradivari , had once been owned by the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini... ; on loan to Kazuhide Isomura of the Tokyo String Quartet
Gibson	1734	Habisreutinger Foundation	Presented by David Greenless (Stradivari Quartett)

Cellos

Antonio Stradivari built between 70 and 80 cellos in his lifetime, of which 63 are extant.

Sobriquet	Year	Provenance	Notes
ex Vatican Stradivarius Ex Vatican Stradivarius The Ex Vatican Stradivarius is a cello crafted circa 1620 by Nicolo Amati, master to Antonio Stradivari. The instrument was originally crafted as a viola da gamba and converted into a cello by Stradivari...	1620*	Wendy Sutter	On loan from the New York firm of Morel & Gradoux-Matt. Originally built by Nicolo Amati Nicolò Amati Niccolò Amati was an Italian luthier from Cremona.-Biography:Nicolò Amati was the fifth son of Girolamo Amati and the grandson of Andrea Amati, the founder of the Amati Family of violin makers. Of all the Amati Family violins, those of Nicolò are often considered most suitable for modern playing...  as a viola da gamba in circa 1620*, but was transformed into the bigger, more modern sized cello by Amati's student, Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the colloquial, "Strad", is... .
ex-Du Pre; ex-Harrell Du Pré Stradivarius The Du Pré Stradivarius is an antique cello fabricated in 1673 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . It has also been known generically as the 1673 Stradivarius, as it is the only cello made by Stradivari in that year....	1673	Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE was a British cellist. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at 28 and led to her... Lynn Harrell Lynn Harrell Lynn Harrell is an American classical cellist.-Biography:Harrell was born in New York City of musician parents; his father was the baritone Mack Harrell and his mother, Marjorie Fulton, was a violinist. At the age of eight he decided to learn to play the cello. When Lynn was 12, his family moved... Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...
General Kyd; ex-Leo Stern General Kyd Stradivarius The General Kyd; ex-Stern Stradivarius is an antique cello crafted in 1684 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.It was used by the English cellist Leo Stern in the premiere of Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor in London in 1896....	1684	Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...	The instrument was stolen in 2004 and later recovered.
Marylebone	1688		Donated to the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...  in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert R. Axelrod Herbert Richard Axelrod is a tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.-Early life:... . Now part of the Axelrod quartet Axelrod quartet right|thumbnail|The Axelrod quartet, on display in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]. From left to right:[[Greffuhle Stradivarius|Greffuhle violin]] , [[Axelrod Stradivarius|Axelrod viola]] , [[Ole Bull Stradivarius|Ole Bull violin]] , and [[Marylebone... .
Barjansky Barjansky Stradivarius The Barjansky Stradivarius of c.1690 is an antique cello fabricated by the Italian Cremonese luthier Antonio Stradivari . The Barjansky is named after Russian cellist Alexandre Barjansky, who played the instrument during the first half of the twentieth century...	1690	Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
ex-Gendron; ex-Lord Speyer	1693	Edgar Speyer Edgar Speyer Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of his family's international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches... ; Kunststiftung NRW Kunststiftung NRW Kunststiftung NRW is a foundation created by the government of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. It was established on September 12, 1989 and started operation in spring 1990...	on loan to Maria Kliegel Maria Kliegel -Professional career:Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First German Music Competition and Concours Aldo Parisot, and was also the Grand Prize winner at the 2nd Mstislav... ; previously loaned to Maurice Gendron Maurice Gendron Maurice Gendron was a French cellist and teacher. He is widely considered one of the greatest French cellists of the twentieth century....  (1958-1990)
Spanish Court or Decorado	1694	Patrimonio Nacional Patrimonio Nacional The Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish... , Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain	collectively known as Quinteto Real or Quinteto Palatino (The Royal Quintet or Palace Quintet) when included with the violin duo, los Decorados (Spanish I and II 1687-1689), Bajo Palatino cello of 1700 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696. Is the original quartert
Bajo Palatino	1700	Patrimonio Nacional Patrimonio Nacional The Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish... , Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain	collectively known as Quinteto Palatino or Quinteto Palatino (The Royal Quintet or Palace Quintet) when included with the violin duo, los Decorados (Spanish I and II 1687-1689), Spanish Court cello of 1694 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696.
Bonjour Bonjour Stradivarius The Bonjour Stradivari cello was made by famous luthier Antonio Stradivari 1692. The instrument is named after the amateur 19th-century Parisian cellist Abel Bonjour....	1696	Abel Bonjour Canada Council for the Arts	on loan to Rachel Mercer
Lord Aylesford	1696		on loan to Danjulo Ishizaka; previously loaned to Janos Starker János Starker János Starker |Kingdom of Hungary]]) is a Hungarian-American cellist. Since 1958 he has taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he holds the title of Distinguished Professor.- Child prodigy :...  (1950-1965)
Castelbarco	1697	Library of Congress Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...	Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Cristiani	1700	Elise Barbier Cristiani Jean Pierre Duport	On display at Stradivarius Collection in Civic Museum of Cremona
Servais Servais Stradivarius The Servais Stradivarius is an antique cello crafted in 1701 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . It is one of only sixty-three extant cellos attributed to his handicraft...	1701	National Museum of American History National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center collects, preserves and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Among the items on display are the original Star-Spangled Banner and Archie Bunker's...	on loan to Anner Bylsma Anner Bylsma Anner Bylsma is a Dutch cellist who plays on both modern, and period instruments in an historically informed baroque style. He took an interest in music from an early age... ;
Paganini-Countess of Stanlein	1707	Bernard Greenhouse Bernard Greenhouse Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...	on loan to Truls Mørk Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk is a Norwegian cellist.Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway, the son of two professional musicians, his father a cellist and his mother a pianist. His mother began teaching him the piano when he was seven...
Boccherini; Romberg	1709		Used by the father of cellists, Pablo Casals Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló , known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time... .
Markevitch; Delphino	1709	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
Gore Booth; Baron Rothschild	1710	Rocco Filippini
Duport Duport Stradivarius The Duport Stradivarius is a cello made in 1711 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The instrument is named after Jean-Louis Duport, who played it around 1800. In 1812, Duport permitted Napoleon Bonaparte to handle it; a dent, still visible on the instrument, is said to have resulted...	1711	Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...  (1974-2007)
Mara	1711	Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971...
Davidov Davidov Stradivarius The Davidov Stradivarius , is an antique cello fabricated in 1712 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy. It is very similar in construction and form to the equally famed Duport Stradivarius built a year earlier and played by Mstislav Rostropovich until his death in 2007...	1712	Count Matvei Wielhorski (1794–1866) Karl Davidov Karl Davidov Karl Yulievich Davydov , was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "tsar of cellists". Arensky dedicated his first piano trio to Davydov's memory. He was also a composer, mainly for the cello.... Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE was a British cellist. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at 28 and led to her...	on loan to Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011... .
Batta	1714	J. P. Thibout Alexander Batta; W.E. Hill & Sons; Baron Johann Knoop Baron Johann Knoop Baron Johann Knoop , was a collector of musical instruments who possessed a total of 29 great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including some four Stradivari violas... ; Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.-Early life:...	Currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the... , New York
de Vaux	1717		on loan to Adam Klocek.
Amaryllis Fleming	1717	ex-Blair-Oliphant, ex-Hegar, ex-Kühn, ex-Küchler	Owned by the late Amaryllis Fleming, half sister to writers Ian and Peter Fleming. Neck, head and table are not original, after extensive repairs in 18th century by Spanish luthier, Jose Contreras José Contreras José Ariel Contreras Camejo is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Philadelphia Phillies... .
Becker	1719
Piatti	1720	Carlos Prieto
Vaslin	1723	LVMH LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., better known as LVMH, is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The company was formed after the 1987 merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy, a company formed after the 1971 merger...	on loan to Tatjana Vassilieva
Baudiot	1725	Gregor Piatigorsky
Chevillard	1725	Museu da Música (Lisbon)
Marquis de Corberon; ex-Loeb	1726	Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...	Was once owned by Hugo Becker Hugo Becker for french actor see Hugo BeckerHugo Becker was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden.He was born in 1863 in Strasbourg; his father Jean Becker was a famous violinist... . Later owned by Audrey Melville who bequeathed it to the RAM in 1960. Her friend Zara Nelsova Zara Nelsova Zara Nelsova was a prominent cellist.She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to parents of Russian descent, and first performed at the age of five in Winnipeg...  had lifelong possession of it, until her death in 2002, as a condition of Melville's bequest.
Comte de Saveuse	1726		Comte de Saveuse d'Abbeville, Edward Latter, Archibald Hartnell, Michael Edmonds, subsequently lent to Michael Evans.
Benvenuti	1727		owned by Maurice Hasson Maurice Hasson Maurice Hasson , is a French-Venezuelan violinist and a professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music.-Biography:Born in France in 1934, and studied violin at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won a First Prize for Violin and a "Grand Prix" for chamber music...
De Munck; ex-Feuermann De Munck Stradivarius The De Munck; Feuermann; Gardiner Stradivarius of 1730 is an antique cello crafted by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari....	1730	Emmanuel Feuermann Aldo Parisot Aldo Parisot Aldo Simoes Parisot is a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher, was formerly a member of the Juilliard School faculty, and currently is serving as a professor of music at the Yale School of Music.... Nippon Music Foundation	on loan to Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis CBE is a British cellist. He is distinguished for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound and total command of phrasing. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was much influenced by the great iconoclast of Russian cello playing, Daniil Shafran...
Pawle	1730	Chi Mei Museum
Braga	1731		played by Myung-wha Chung Myung-wha Chung Myung-Wha Chung is a Korean cellist.- Biography :Myung-wha Chung was born in 1944 in Seoul, South Korea, to a musical family...
Stuart	1732	Steven Honigberg Steven Honigberg Steven Honigberg is an American cellist. He is a member of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Potomac String Quartet, and solos frequently; he is also known as a well-reviewed performer from David Ott's premier of Concerto for Two Cellos. From 1994-2002, Honigberg served as chamber music...
Paganini-Ladenburg	1736	Nippon Music Foundation	this cello along with the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1686, the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727, and the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola of 1731, compose a group of instruments referred to as the Paganini Quartet Paganini Quartet The Paganini Quartet was a virtuoso string quartet founded by its first violinist, Henri Temianka, in 1946. The quartet drew its name from the fact that all four of its instruments, made by Antonio Stradivari , had once been owned by the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini... ; on loan to Clive Greensmith of the Tokyo String Quartet

Guitars

There are two complete extant guitars by Stradivari, and a few fragments of others, including the neck of a third guitar which is owned by the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris. These guitars have ten (doubled) strings, which was typical of the era.

Sobriquet	Year	Provenance	Notes
Hill	1688	Ashmolean Museum Ashmolean Museum The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...  at Oxford University	ex-Kabayao-Dolfus Stradivarius 1724.
Rawlins	1700	National Music Museum National Music Museum The National Music Museum: America's Shrine to Music & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is a musical instrument museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, USA. It was founded in 1973 on the campus of the University of South Dakota...  South Dakota

Harps

The only Stradivarius harp to survive today is the arpetta (little harp), owned by San Pietro a Maiella Music Conservatory

Music Conservatories of Naples

The Music Conservatory of Naples is a music institution in Naples, southern Italy. It is currently located in the complex of San Pietro a Majella.-San Pietro a Majella:...

 in Naples, Italy.

Mandolins

There are two known extant Stradivari mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

s. The Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino of 1680, is currently in the collection of the National Music Museum

National Music Museum

The National Music Museum: America's Shrine to Music & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is a musical instrument museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, USA. It was founded in 1973 on the campus of the University of South Dakota...

 at the University of South Dakota

University of South Dakota

The University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...

 in Vermillion, South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

Vermillion is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the tenth largest city in the state. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 10,571. Vermillion lies atop a bluff near the Missouri River.The area has been home to...

. The other, dated ca. 1706, is owned by private collector Charles Beare of London.