Rare 1721 Stradivari Violin Lady Blunt Tarisio $15.9 Million Dollars Yehudi Menuhin

MOMAC: Reporting from London -THE 'LADY BLUNT' STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN
SETS WORLD RECORD PRICE AT TARISIO AUCTION
Sold for £9,808,000 to private bidder
this rare Stradivari 1721 "Lady Blunt " violin, which at one time belonged to the famed granddaughter of the English poet Lord Byron, sold for an astounding hammer price of $15, 894,000.oo USD Million Dollars. at auction on June 21st 2011 in London Tarisio sale. Purchased by an anonymous bidder. The violin was offered by the Nippon Music Foundation, owners of some of the worlds finest violins. The Foundations president, Kazuko Shiomi, said "While this violin was important to our collection, the needs of our fellow Japanese people, after the tsunami, have proven we all need to help in any way" .
/ - dennis massa.
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Video Edits by Dennis Massa.
History Voice over performed by Dennis Massa.
Enhanced High Quality Audio Sound - remastered by dennis massa.

Original Violin played in 1971 by : the Lord Jehudi Menuhin. Trying out the Lady Blunt at Sothebys in 1971. Auctioneer - Howard Ricketts (Director, Sothebys).

Links & Credits:
Tarisio Violin Auctions. Fine Instruments & Bows.
http://tarisio.com/index.php

Nippon Music Foundation:
http://www.nmf.or.jp/english/

Sotheby's Musical Instruments:
http://www.sothebys.com/en/departments/musical-instruments/overview.html

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Gregory Singer Fine Violins / Manhattan Symphonie.
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The 'Lady Blunt'
A FINE AND IMPORTANT ITALIAN VIOLIN BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI, CREMONA, 1721
Labelled, "Antonius Stradivarius faciebat Cremonensis Anno 1721."
Bearing its original neck, re-angled at the heal. Accompanied by its original bassbar and fingerboard and a presentation case from W.E. Hill & Sons. The ornamented pegs and tailpiece by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. Inscribed "PG" to the inside of the pegbox. LOB 35.7 cm


* Sold with certificates from:
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (29 June 1971)
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (18 September 1959)
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (23 January 1941)
• Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris (28 November 1864), certified by W.E. Hill & Sons "to be a true copy of the original," photocopy only


* Sold with correspondence by:
• W.E. Hill (21 July 2008) to the Nippon Music Foundation from Andrew Hill
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (18 September 1959) to Samuel Bloomfield from A. Phillips Hill, with translation extract of a letter from Vuillaume to CHC Plowden
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (23 September 1959) to Samuel Bloomfield from Desmond Hill
* Robert A. Bower (28 February 1941) to Henry Werro, Bern (photocopy only)
• W.E. Hill & Sons, London (23 January 1941) to Robert A. Bower from W.E. Hill & Sons
• Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris (4 October 1864) to CHC Plowden, photocopy only


* Sold with a Tree-ring Analysis Report from John C. Topham dating the youngest tree-ring from both the treble and bass sides to 1707.


All proceeds to benefit the Nippon Foundation's Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Please visit tarisio.com/theladyblunt for more information.

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[forasteroeterico]

сопровождается бог дождя ...

[ByeHawks]

@JohnTestling he didn't say the ENTIRE violin was in much the same condition, JUST the boards and purfling. Listen to the Goddamn clip again before you try to make yourself look like an expert; you just sound like a fucking retard.

[JohnTestling]

"the violin is much in the same condition as when it left the maker's hands". Really? the neck angle has been altered; the fingerboard has been replaced, is longer than the original and made from different wood; the (new) bridge hasn't even been made after the original Stradivari pattern; the soundbar (inner structure under the top plte) has probably been replaced with a heavier, thicker one. It's an exceptionally beautiful instrument, but please don't say it looks like what it was when new!

[edwardwbalen]

@onabead Antonio Stradivari was not a violinist, he was what is known as a luthier, or violin maker. In fact, he's the most famous violin maker in the world.

[onabead]

can someone find me a part played by antonio stradivari!!...

[knight10666]

@1stab oh yes the work is horrendous i could have done a better job with Elmer's glue, Popsicle sticks, and a pocket knife

[1stab]

@knight10666 You're absolutely correct. My comment referred to how badly the work was done. There are many extensions that are barely perceptible in that the adjoining parts are perfectly flush and the finish is "spot on."

[knight10666]

@1stab that was done because at the time stradivari made the violin the necks went straight in to the body and a maple wedge put on to raise the finger board to the proper angle then some time in its history when it became customary to have the neck enter the body at an angle it was changed like you may see that a scroll was grafted on to keep the original scroll but also allow for this conversion

[1stab]

1:32 Who did that horrific neck extension? Everything else is perfect.

[Raymundo879]

Busca antonius stradiuarius en youtube..