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| This week's quiz comes courtesy of wth. Send your answers to info@cozio.com. The first five to submit the correct answers will receive a free 1-month cozio.com subscription (or an extension to your existing subscription). And remember, you can also earn a 1-month subscription by contributing the next quiz. Quiz 15 - small is beautiful Famous violin makers also used to create small-sized violins for special purposes: violins that had to be tuned to a higher pitch (violino piccolo), violins for people of small stature (child's violin), violins for dancing masters (pochette), etc.
This quiz concerns two such instruments from the first half of the 18th century. Both are small violins with one-piece backs. One has a length of less than 25 cm and the other a length of less than 35 cm. The first had been unknown to the public for a long time until it emerged at the beginning of the 20th century in France. The other was once owned by Count Cozio di Salabue. Today, these violins are located at universities in Japan and the USA, respectively, and lately both have been on exhibition in Europe.
Which luthier made each instrument, what are the instruments' names and at which universities are they currently located?
- Phil Margolis
Cozio Publishing
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| This was a quick one! Nearly a dozen correct answers have already come in. The two instruments are the "Chardon" del Gesu, now owned by the Osaka College of Music in Japan, and the "Belle Skinner" Strad owned by Yale University. Congratulations to mlv, xh, Yarrikanna, ericsung and cellist88 for being the first five to submit the correct answer. And thanks once again to wth for submittig the quiz.
- Phil Margolis
Cozio Publishing
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