Posted on 06/02/2021 9:52:05 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
A violin found in an attic in Italy has been confirmed as a priceless instrument made by Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ in c.1705. The age of the wood was confirmed using dendrochronology, and the researchers were even able to prove it came from the same tree as the wood in an already-identified violin by the same maker.
Around 18 months ago Mauro Bernabei, a researcher at the Institute for BioEconomy at Italy’s National Research Council, received a WhatsApp message containing a photo of the unidentified violin, which the current owner had recently inherited. It contained a label reading ‘Joseph Guanerius Filuis Andreae Cremonae Sub Titulo S. Theresie, 1705’, but given the misspelling of ‘Filius’ it was assumed to be a fake label. All the same, Bernabei performed a dendrochronological examination on the spruce of the top, and discovered the most recent tree ring dated to 1696. ‘Adding a certain number of rings that were lost during the preparation of the soundboard, plus a few years for the possible seasoning of the wood, the date shown on the label would seem perfectly compatible,’ Bernabei stated in his paper.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestrad.com ...
This and the music it made are the kind of things Europeans were creating and building in 1705.
terrible storage place.
What’s the value. Site is click bait
Alarms going off.. Might smart people have been faking these things since they were being made..
Needs copious inspections..
It’s a racist instrument made by imperialist white men. People should be giving their money to BLM and Musicians for Karl Marx. All we are saying is give Marx a chance.
Needs high output humbuckers and a Marshall stack set to 11
Typically go for 1 to 6 million each. They have risen 16,000% since the 50s.
Yeah, it’s not like an under-the-bed ‘56 Strat or nothin’.
“Do you mind if I have a buddy of mine come take a look at it? Chum! Call the Beard of Knowledge”
The article indicated that a similarity dated (1705) instrument by the same maker sold at a recent auction for about US $700k. Images shown indicate this one needs some restoration work. So, in its present condition, maybe US $650-600k?
“Johnny, rosin up your bow and play that fiddle hard...”
my father has one with the original case and amp... still looks like new...
What a find! I hope it finds a player and isn’t held in a museum somewhere.
Yes! Yes it does!
Craigslist - One owner. Lightly used.
Obviously you didn’t bother to read the article...
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