the head later
labelled Carolus Tononi Bononiensis fecit anno Domini 1719 sub titulo S. Cecilie Venetijs. Studium labore correxit.
length of back 13¹⁵/₁₆in., 35.4cm.

Sold with the certificate of Émile Germain, Paris, dated 10^th January 1902, and a copy of the certificate of Max Möller, Amsterdam, dated 27^th November 1972

This violin was played in the Delmé Quartet for 40 years and can be heard on many of their recordings.

Abbreviated discography
Hyperion:
Bach, The Art of Fugue, CDA 67138
Haydn, The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, CDA 66337
Hummel, Three Quartets, Op. 30, CDA 66568
Verdi, String Quartet in E minor
Strauss, String Quartet in A major, Op. 2, CDA 66317
Gurney, Ludlow & Teme, The Western Playland
Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge, CDA 66385

Helios:
Favourite Encores, CDH 55002
Beethoven, Quartet in E flat, Op. 72
Beethoven, Quartet in F minor, Op. 95