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The Strad Calendar 2024: The Fulton Collection

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American collector David L. Fulton amassed one of the 20th century’s finest collections of stringed instruments. This year’s calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures, including Yehudi Menuhin’s celebrated ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri, the Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler, and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari.

 

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The Strad Calendar 2024: The Fulton Collection

 

American collector David L. Fulton amassed one of the 20th century’s finest collections of stringed instruments. This year’s calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures, including Yehudi Menuhin’s celebrated ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri, the Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler, and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari.

 

The twelve instruments for 2024 are:

 

  • c.1580 Gasparo da Salò viola
  • 1676 ‘Conte Vitale’ Andrea Guarneri viola
  • 1698 ‘Shapiro’ Pietro Guarneri of Mantua violin
  • 1709 ‘La Pucelle’ Antonio Stradivari violin
  • 1713 ‘Bass of Spain’ Antonio Stradivari cello
  • 1715 ‘Baron Knoop’ Antonio Stradivari violin
  • 1733 ‘Sassoon’ Antonio Stradivari violin
  • 1737 ‘Panette’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
  • 1737 ‘King Joseph’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
  • 1739 ‘Beatrice Harrison’ Pietro Guarneri of Venice cello
  • c.1740 ‘Fritz Kreisler’ Carlo Bergonzi violin
  • 1742 ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin

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Weight 0.553 kg
Dimensions 44 × 30 cm

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