Someone who would have appreciated a violin of such high standards would be the late violinist Yehudi Menuhin, (1916 to 1999) an American born violin virtuoso. He performed for Allied soldiers during WW2, and surving inmates of a number of concentration camps in July 1945, after their liberation in April of the same year. I don’t know a lot about him.
I just happened to hear some of his music and was more or less swept away with his skills and interpretations of Bach and Bartok pieces.
A friend of mine has a violin that was made in the 1730’s.
I’m no music expert but the sound is amazing.
“I played three notes and I thought I was going to die” - how Itzhak Perlman found his Stradivarius
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Itzhak Perlman tells us how he acquired his famous Stradivarius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcUprL2ET-4
Couple of videos you might find interesting.
First— how Itzhak Perlman came to own Yehudi Menuhin’s Stradivarius:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcUprL2ET-4
And a great video of the French( Famous violinist from the 30’s HotClubJazz Quartet with Django Reinhardt the greatest of all gypsy jazz guitarists) here with the very un-stuck up Yehudi playing Jealousy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIEaNRoj3k
Yehudi is an all time favourite, along with Itzhak Perlman and the great Jascha Heifetz.