The Strad Calendar 2026: The Canimex Collection
The 2026 Calendar showcases twelve of the finest instruments it regularly loans to players, including five by Antonio Stradivari, two by Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and – a first for The Strad Calendar – a modern octobass.
The twelve instruments featured this year are:
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1691 ‘Leopold Auer’ Antonio Stradivari violin
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1699 ‘Dubois’ Antonio Stradivari cello
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1710 ‘Meneses’ Matteo Gofriller cello
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1712 ‘Viotti, Hottinger’ Antonio Stradivari violin
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c.1713 ‘G. Schönau’ Antonio Stradivari violin
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1727 ‘Eugenio di Barbaro’ Antonio Stradivari violin
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1741 ‘Titan’ Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
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1741 ‘Bohrer, Baumgartner’ Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
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1767 Nicolò Gagliano cello
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1773–78 ‘Crafoord’ Giovanni Battista Guadagnini viola
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1785 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin
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2019 Octobass







