Iconography Index
Black-and-white photos (front & side): Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 22, 1970, London, Sotheby's.
Order
Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): "The ex-Joachim Elman Stradivari", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1954, 1954.
Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.
Color photo (back): Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 22, 1970, London, Sotheby's.
Color photos (front & back): Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 5, 1982, Köln, Bongartz's, Cologne, 1982.
Color photos (front, back & scroll): Feine Streichinstrumente und Bögen, Geigenauktionen Bongartz, Aachen, 1986.
Color photos (front, back, side & scroll - all high-resolution)): The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, 1997.
Notes
- Listed as an instrument of the year 1721 in Doring's book.
- How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.
- "[quoting Elman]: 'Of course, the instrument the artist uses is an important factor in making it possible for him to do his best. My violin? It is an authentic Strad -- dated 1722. I bought it of Willy Burmester in London. You see he did not care much for it. The German style of playing is not calculated to bring out the tone beauty, the quality of the old Italian fiddles. I think Burmester had forced the tone, and it took me some time to make it mellow and truly responsive again, but now. . ..' Mr. Elman beamed. It was evident he was satisfied with his instrument."
- Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers, Frederick H. Martens, Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1919.
- "[quoting Nachez:] 'My violin? I am a Stradivarius player, and possess two fine Strads, though I also have a beautiful Joseph Guarnerius. Ysaye, Thibaud and Caressa, when they lunched with me not long ago, were enthusiastic about them. My favorite Strad is a 1716 instrument—I have used it for twenty-five years. But I cannot use the wire strings that are now in such vogue here. I have to have Italian gut strings. The wire E cuts my fingers, and besides I notice a perceptible difference in sound quality.'"
- Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers, Frederick H. Martens, Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1919.
- Dated 1721.
- Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance
Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician
Players
Current player
Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments
Certificates
Letter: August Reichers, Berlin, Undated
Certificate: William Lewis & Son, Chicago, October 20, 1962
Letter: Emil Herrmann, Easton, Connecticut, October 20, 1962
Letter: Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., New York, November 12, 1957
Letter: August Reichers, Berlin, March 15, 1893
Letter: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, December 10, 1948. Signed by J. C. Freeman
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer, New York, December 10, 1941. Signed by J. C. Freeman
Letter: William Lewis & Son, Chicago, August 14, 1953. Signed by R. A. Olson
Certificate: Henry Werro, Berne, 1972
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, 1943
References
Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 5, 1982, Köln, Bongartz's, Cologne, 1982.
Feine Streichinstrumente und Bögen, Geigenauktionen Bongartz, Aachen, 1986.
How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.
Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 22, 1970, London, Sotheby's.
Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa, 1994.
The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, 1997.
The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York, 1977.
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.
Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers, Frederick H. Martens, Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1919.
"Star Gazing", World of Strings, Spring, 1958, 1958.
Order
"The ex-Joachim Elman Stradivari", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1954, 1954.
Correspondence with Fuchi Hsu of the Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, 5-6-2004.
Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
