Stradivarius
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A Stradivarius is a string instrument, such as a violin, viola, cello, or guitar, crafted during the late 17th and early 18th centuries by Antonio Stradivari and other members of the Stradivari family
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero
In 1924, Toscha Seidel bought the Da Vinci Stradivarius violin for $25,000 (equivalent to $469,660 in 2025) from a private dealer from Berlin.
Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 on exhibit, behind glass, at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum (Berlin Musical Instrument Museum), 2006
Violin
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The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments ex
The cupola of Madonna dei Miracoli in Saronno, Italy, with angels playing violin, viola, and cello, dates from 1535 and is one of the earliest depictions of the violin family.
1658 Baroque violin by Jacob Stainer
The construction of a violin
Closeup of a violin tailpiece, with a fleur-de-lis