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Rare Violins Violas Violoncellos of the Seventeenth Eighteenth And V I O INS V I O AS V I O O N E O S L , L , L C LL O F T H E S E V E NT E E N T H E I G H T E E N T H A N D NI N E T E E NT H C E N TU R I E S O F T HE WU R L I T Z E R C O L L E C T I O N PAR T I T H E RU D O L P H W UR L I T Z E R C O M P A N Y C I NC I NNAT I NE W YOR K LO S ANG E L E S C HI C AGO S AN F R ANC I S C O D E T R O I T C O PYR GHT 1 1 B Y I , 93 , T HE RU D OLPH WU RLITZ ER C OM PANY JNN O UN CE M E N T T is our ri e e as well a s a easu re to u sh this ear a p vil g , pl , p bli y comple te c a talogue of the Wurlitzer Collection o f rare old o n o as a nd o on e os h h in the n eres of con ve vi li s , Vi l vi l c ll w ic , i t t to the reader a ear in two o u es ni emce , will pp v l m Par I the resen o u e o r ses des r on s and u s t , p t v l m , c mp i c ipti ill of ns ru en s e on n to our o e on u to tr ations i t m t b l gi g C ll cti , p A B ow Su n o Par I i u d ara an u e . e e t s ss e se e d in val ppl m t t i p t ly , n a n s des r on s of ou r o e on of Tou r es Pec a ttes u r co t i c ipti c ll cti t , , E y , r a r f h h n an n and o the bowsby m ke s o t e eig tee th d i neteen th cen turi es . Par t II will b e pu blished sh or tly and will con ta i n des cripti ons an u s ra on s of our n es ns ru en s a ue a o e d ill t ti fi t i t m t , v l b v Of add on a n eres b e a s o f or d— a ou s ns ru en s iti l i t t will li t w l f m i t m t , ot a ar of ou r o e on us ra ons ro ho o ra hs h n p t C ll cti , ill t ti f m p t g p wit n a es of he r o n ers he r easu re en s a nd o her n eres n m t i w , t i m m t t i t ti g To h b a a or a r a on th u da ta . t is will e dded n ew hi s t ic l t e tise e s bj ect “ o f the developmen t of the vi olin en titled : Grea t M as ters in the — ” V - a I r 1 0 1 8 8 a Art o f o n n and he r a o s . i li m ki g t i mit t , 54 7 by Jy C — F reem an deali n g in a n on - technic al a n d u nders tan dable m anner h the n e on of o n - a n in res a and re on a as wit i c pti vi li m ki g B ci C m , e as the o den er od o f its de e o en and a er de n e a so w ll g l p i v l pm t l t cli , l the s hoo s of Ven e Na es an Tu r n F oren e a nd Ro e c l ic , pl , Mil , i , l c m ; the er an n sh and o her hoo as e as the F ren h G m , E gli t s c ls , w ll c , n h 1 endi g with the dea t of Vu ill au m e in 8 7 8 . — Par II a ro a e 1 0 200 a es be r n ed o n t will pp xim t 5 p g , will p i t fin e a er ro use us ra e o h- ou n d and b e a o u e p p , p f ly ill t t d , cl t b , will v l m which every lover o f the vi oli n will wish to o wn for perm an en t r r n I b a a he e a s ze o f h h has e e e e . t e s ed on t f c will m ll iti , x ct i w ic n o t et een de er n ed an th su s r on r e b e y b t mi , d e b c ipti p ic will r R u for o m a b n in n ow a n d b e p e copy . eq ests c pies y e se t will ed in order of he r re e as soon as the oo is off the ress . fill t i c ipt , b k p T o TH E RUDOLPH WURLI Z ER C . I N T R O D U C T O RY The v iolin s till m ai n t ai n s the preemi nen t po sitio n in the Music-Wo rld it has r r c n u The s e o f its m u s is as o n o a a w en a t s held fo th ee e t ri es . p ll ic p te t t d y s h thi e a u n e e ars a o Pa an n e his au en es a ve n n from e m tim h dr d y g , g i i h ld di c c pti , bri gi g th w hi m a v o ea s or au e at s ess u s . t r l ght r ill , by tchl irt ity — Me tropolit an au di en ces o f the presen t d ay m ore bl asé th an those o f a cen u a o are e a ve in th e s a e m an n e a nd o f en no ou in ke t ry g , h ld c pti m r , t , d bt , li e ree an E an a He fe z a Gor on a Kre s er a S a n an Ys a e or d g , by lm , i t , d , i l , p ldi g, y , Z a a im b li s t . e sse n a on o f know e e o f a n d n e ase o u a o f v o n - u s Wid di mi ti l dg , i cr d p p l rity i li m ic a n h v o n ave a ke the ears a av as n m F or ever d t e i li h m r d y th t h e p sed si ce th a t ti e . y v o n s a en u a o ere are u n re s o a an d fo r ever over o f v o n i li i t c t ry g , th h d d t d y , y l i li m u s n e e are n o ou ou an n ar o r 1 1 e s s i s e f a e . ic th , th r d bt th d thi y g c , 93 The re m ai ni n g pro du cti o n of the two th ou san d or m o re v i oli n m akers who flou s e u r n the 1 6 1 1 8 th and 1 th en ur es in a ran e ri h d d i g th , 7 th , 9 c t i , It ly , F c , Ge m an an d E n an and e sew e e ou ou E uro e are now s u e r y gl d , l h r thr gh t p , di trib t d — to all p arts of the world and for the m os t p art are in d aily use by u nknown an o f a a u r an fe s on a thou s ds m te d pro s i al pl yers .
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