One of the early violins of Guadagnini’s Turin period, the ‘Salabue’, ‘Berta’ is in an excellent state of preservation, having been owned by various collectors (including Count Cozio di Salabue) for the past three centuries. The condition of the golden brown varnish is particularly fine.
‘This violin shows the influence of Guadagnini’s Cremonese predecessors while retaining many of the points of individual style for which he is known’ – Alberto Giordano in the June 2014 issue of The Strad
