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This third volume in The Strad\u2019s Great Instruments series brings together the finest scholarship, research and analysis by some of the world\u2019s leading experts on stringed instruments. Among the highlights are a detailed look at the 1741 \u2018Vieuxtemps\u2019 violin<\/a> by Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019, including an acoustic analysis by Joseph Curtin and an interview with its player, Anne Akiko Meyers. There\u2019s also a rare examination of the \u2018Boissier, Sarasate\u2019<\/a>, one of two Stradivari violins formerly owned by Pablo Sarasate, which rarely leaves its current home, the Real Conservatorio Superior de\u00a0M\u00fasica\u00a0de\u00a0Madrid. And we examine some of the most extraordinary restoration jobs on fine instruments in history: the \u2018Mara\u2019 Stradivari cello, almost consigned to a watery grave, and the \u2018Paravicini\u2019 Stradivari, which took more than a year to restore to its former glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Full list of featured instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Girolamo Amati II violin, 1671<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Antonio Stradivari \u2018Harrison\u2019 violin, 1693<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Antonio Stradivari \u2018King Carlos IV\u2019 violin, 1709<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Antonio Stradivari \u2018Mara\u2019 cello, 1711<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    Antonio Stradivari \u2018Boissier, Sarasate\u2019 violin, 1713<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    Antonio Stradivari \u2018Cecil\u2019 violin, 1724<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Armingaud, Fern\u00e1ndez Blanco\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
    violin, 1732<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  8. \n
    Antonio Stradivari \u2018Willemotte\u2019 violin, 1734<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  9. \n
    Carlo Bergonzi \u2018Salabue, Martzy\u2019 violin, 1733<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Vieuxtemps\u2019 violin, 1741<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Paravicini\u2019 violin, 1734<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Giovanni Battista Guadagnini \u2018Cozio\u2019 viola, 1773<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume \u2018Evangelists\u2019 quartet, 1863<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This third volume in The Strad\u2019s Great Instruments series brings together the finest scholarship, research and analysis by some of the world\u2019s leading experts on stringed instruments. Among the highlights are a detailed look at the 1741 \u2018Vieuxtemps\u2019 violin<\/a> by Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019, including an acoustic analysis by Joseph Curtin and an interview with its player, Anne Akiko Meyers. There\u2019s also a rare examination of the \u2018Boissier, Sarasate\u2019<\/a>, one of two Stradivari violins formerly owned by Pablo Sarasate, which rarely leaves its current home, the Real Conservatorio Superior de\u00a0M\u00fasica\u00a0de\u00a0Madrid. And we examine some of the most extraordinary restoration jobs on fine instruments in history: the \u2018Mara\u2019 Stradivari cello, almost consigned to a watery grave, and the \u2018Paravicini\u2019 Stradivari, which took more than a year to restore to its former glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Full list of featured instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. \n
      Girolamo Amati II violin, 1671<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    2. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018Harrison\u2019 violin, 1693<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    3. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018King Carlos IV\u2019 violin, 1709<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    4. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018Mara\u2019 cello, 1711<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    5. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018Boissier, Sarasate\u2019 violin, 1713<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    6. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018Cecil\u2019 violin, 1724<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    7. \n
      Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Armingaud, Fern\u00e1ndez Blanco\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
      violin, 1732<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    8. \n
      Antonio Stradivari \u2018Willemotte\u2019 violin, 1734<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    9. \n
      Carlo Bergonzi \u2018Salabue, Martzy\u2019 violin, 1733<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    10. \n
      Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Vieuxtemps\u2019 violin, 1741<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    11. \n
      Giuseppe Guarneri \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 \u2018Paravicini\u2019 violin, 1734<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    12. \n
      Giovanni Battista Guadagnini \u2018Cozio\u2019 viola, 1773<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    13. \n
      Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume \u2018Evangelists\u2019 quartet, 1863<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[108,109,92,93],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6412","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-the-strad-merchandise","7":"product_cat-the-strad-merchandise-books","8":"product_cat-lutherie","9":"product_cat-lutherie-books","10":"product_shipping_class-the-strad-standard","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"outofstock","bundle_stock_quantity":0,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\nGreat Instruments 3 - 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