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 |''Baron Knoop'' (1744, Piacenza)
 |''Ex-Lorenzo'' ({{Circa}}1745, Piacenza)
 |''Baron Köhner'' (1752, Milan)
 |''Campoli,Grumiaux'' (1773, Turin)
 |''Salabue'' (1774, Turin)
 |''Bryant'' (1775, Turin)
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[[File:Guadagnini Family tree.gif|thumb|Guadagnini family tree]]
'''Giovanni Battista Guadagnini''' (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian [[luthier]], regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of [[string instrument]]s in history.<ref name=Doring>{{cite book |last=Doring |first=Ernest N. |date=1949 |title=The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers |location=Chicago |publisher=Lewis & Sons}} Reprint with new introduction by Stewart Pollins, [[Dover Books]], 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-48649-796-9}}</ref> The Guadagnini family was known for their violins, guitars and [[mandolins]].<ref name="tarisio2"/>

==Biography==
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was born on 23 June 1711, in the hamlet of [[Bilegno]], in what is now the [[Province of Piacenza]] in Northern Italy. Both his life and his career can be divided into four distinct periods, which correspond to the four cities in which he would live and work, Piacenza, Milan, Parma, and Turin.
 
Almost nothing is known about his early years until he moved to the nearby city of [[Piacenza]] in 1738.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Davide Gasparotto| author2=Anrea Zanrè |title=Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, fecit Parmae serviens, celsitudinis suae realis : masterpieces from the Parma 2011 Galleria nazionale exhibition |date=2012 |publisher=Scrollavezza e Zanrè |isbn=978-88-907194-0-0 |ref=parma2011a |chapter=The role of Giovanni Battista Guadagnii in the tradition of violin making, an introduction}}</ref> In 1742, his first violins start to appear. It is unclear from whom or where he learned his trade. Since he joined the woodworking guild, it is likely that he underwent an apprenticeship with a local woodworker; however, there is no evidence of any local instrument makers in Piacenza at the time.<ref name="parma2011b">{{cite book |author1=Carlo Chiesa |title=Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, fecit Parmae serviens, celsitudinis suae realis : masterpieces from the Parma 2011 Galleria nazionale exhibition |date=2012 |publisher=Scrollavezza e Zanrè |isbn=978-88-907194-0-0 |ref=parma2011b |chapter=On a String, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini’s life and whereabouts}}</ref>

In 1749 Guadagnini moved to [[Milan]], where he continued to make instruments. The reason for his move is unknown, but was perhaps economically motivated as Milan was a much larger city with a larger and more active music scene. During this time a few of his instruments bear labels implying a relationship to [[Cremona]]—the home of the renowned violin makers [[Amati]], [[Stradivari]], and [[Guarneri]]—however no evidence exists that Guadagnini ever lived in Cremona.<ref name="parma2011b" />

In 1758 Guadagnini moved again, this time to [[Parma]]. He may have been drawn to the city by the recent appointment of Carlo Ferarri, a close musician friend from his time in Piacenza, to a position with the [[Duchy of Parma|Ducal Court]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/browse-the-archive/makers/maker/?Maker_ID=234 |website=Tarisio Cozio Archive |publisher=Tarisio |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref> During his time in Parma Guadagnini was also closely connected to the court, and in particular to the musical patronage of the Prime Minister [[Guillaume du Tillot]]. In his later years in Parma Guadagnini even received a direct salary from the court. In 1771, with the Court's financial fortunes in decline, Guadagnini asked to be allowed to leave.<ref name="parma2011b" />

He next moved to [[Turin]]. Two years later, in 1773, he began his historically important relationship with notable violin collector [[Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue|Count Cozio]]. Cozio purchased most, if not all, of Guadagnini's output during this time, and also supplied him with most of his wood and other materials. His business partnership with Cozio ended in 1777, though they continued to have dealings with each other.<ref name="parma2011b" /> The Count is likely responsible for Guadagnini's marked shift to a more Stradivari-like style during this time, both by pressuring Guadagnini to more closely copy Stradivari and by providing Guadagnini with access to examples of Stradivari's work.<ref name="parma2011kass">{{cite book |author1=Philip Kass |title=Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, fecit Parmae serviens, celsitudinis suae realis : masterpieces from the Parma 2011 Galleria nazionale exhibition |date=2012 |publisher=Scrollavezza e Zanrè |isbn=978-88-907194-0-0 |ref=parma2011b |chapter=The evolution of style and technique in the work of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini}}</ref>

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini died in Turin on 18 September 1786.<ref name="bio1" />

== Violin maker ==
Guadagnini's work is divided into four distinct periods, which correspond to the four cities in which he worked over the span of his career, Piacenza, Milan, Parma, and Turin. His work in each new city changed in response to the availability of materials, the needs of the local musicians, and finally in Turin, his relationship with Count Cozio. Stylistically Guadagnini's work is generally less refined and polished than that of makers such as the Amatis or Stradivari, however with the same focus on tonal success.<ref name="parma2011kass" /> He is generally considered to be the last of the great historical makers, ranking just behind Stradivari and Guarneri.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/browse-the-archive/makers/maker/?Maker_ID=234 |website=Tarisio Cozio Archive |access-date=14 March 2021|title=Maker Profile }}</ref> He is also possibly the last of historical makers to have used a varnish similar to what was used by classical Cremonese makers.<ref name="parma2011kass" />

His instruments have sold for over $2,000,000 at auction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Price History: Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/price-history/?search_city=&search_last_name=&Maker_ID=234&order=price%3ADESC |website=Tarisio |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>

==Performers with Guadagnini instruments==
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|Madeline Adkins
|1782
|''ex-Chardon''
|On loan from Gabrielle Israelievitch, previously played by [[Jacques Israelievitch]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://utahsymphony.org/bio/madeline-adkins/ |title=Madeline Adkins, Concertmaster |website=[[Utah Symphony]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[Felix Ayo]]
|1744
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en/music-database/musician/26974b86b1dc03a12693935996876a1e590f9/biography |title=Felix Ayo Biography |website=[[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Veriko Tchumburidze]]
| 1756, Milan
|
|loaned by [[Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.deutsche-stiftung-musikleben.de/stipendiaten/solistenMaske.html?TID=20180206144029 | title=Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.verikotchumburidze.com/biography-en/ |title=Veriko Tchumburidze Biography |website=verikotchumburidze.com |access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref>
|-
| [[Riccardo Brengola]]
| 1747, Piacenza
| ''Contessa Crespi''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2796 |title=Guadagnini, 1747 |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140600/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2796 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[Adolf Brodsky]]
|1751, Milan
|''ex-Brodsky''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1029 |title=Guadagnini, 1751 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140513/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1029 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[Zakhar Bron]]
|1757, Milan
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1997 |title=Guadagnini, 1757 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303002307/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1997 |archive-date=2009-03-03}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chloe Chua]]
|1753, Milan
|
|
|<ref>{{cite journal |journal=SSO |title=A gift to the universe |date=February 2021 |page=Page 8 |url=https://issuu.com/ssogroup/docs/celebrating_bach_iii_4_feb_21 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bartu Elci-Ozsoy]]
|1760
|''ex-Vidas''
|Loaned by [[Conservatoire de Paris]]. The violin, made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, was previously owned by Romanian-born violinist Raoul Georges Vidas (1901–1978) and was donated to the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] by the late virtuoso's mother Anna Vidas.
|<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-bartu-elci-ozsoy-loaned-the-1760-ex-vidas-guadagnini/| title=Violinist Bartu Elçi-Özsoy Loaned the 1760 "ex-Vidas" Guadagnini| date= 2024-01-23| accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/20-year-old-bartu-elci-ozsoy-loaned-the-1760-ex-vidas-guadagnini-violin/17502.article| title=20-year-old Bartu Elci-Ozsoy loaned the 1760 ‘ex-Vidas’ Guadagnini violin| accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[Amaury Coeytaux]]
| 1773
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.indeauville.fr/coeytaux |title=Biography |date=2018 |website=[[Modigliani Quartet]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Andrew Dawes (musician)|Andrew Dawes]], [[Robert Uchida]]
|1770, Parma
| ''Dawes, de Long Tearse''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dalphin-luthier.com/e/references_citations.php |title=References |date=2008 |website=Pierre Dalphin |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303063740/http://www.dalphin-luthier.com/e/references_citations.php |archive-date=2009-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=42602 |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1770, the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse' |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
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||Richard Deakin
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|English chamber musician and soloist, currently teaching at RAM in London, was using one in 1980s and likely still is.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/richard-deakin |title=Staff: Richard Deakin |website=Royal Academy of Music |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327130225/https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/richard-deakin |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|-
|[[Julia Fischer]]
|1742
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=24090 |title=Julia Fischer performs the same piece on two different violins |last=Fischer |first=Frank-Michael |date=25 March 2013 |website=Violinist.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Carl Flesch]]
|1750s
|''ex-Henri Vieuxtemps''
|
|<ref name="Guadagnini, 175x">{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1015 |title=Guadagnini, 175x |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160226/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1015 |archive-date=2009-03-02}}</ref>
|-
|[[David Garrett (musician)|David Garrett]]
|1772
|
|In December 2007, Garrett fell after a performance and smashed his Guadagnini, which he had purchased four years earlier for [[United States dollar|US$]]1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NEWS34/80215023 |title=Violinist: Fall Fractures $1M Fiddle |first=Thomas |last=Wagner |date=2008-02-14 |newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]] |access-date=2008-02-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221051716/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080215%2FNEWS34%2F80215023 |archive-date=21 February 2015 }}</ref> He now uses it for mainly his outdoor crossover performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htp6OPCLrXc |title=David Garrett – livestream in NY, 8 June 2012 |last=Garrett |first=David |date=7 April 2013 |via=YouTube |access-date=24 July 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
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|[[David Greed]]
|1757
|
|Owned by the Yorkshire Guadagini 1757 Syndicate.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leedstownhall.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/david-greed-and-simon-lindley/4300 |title=David Greed & Simon Lindley |date=24 September 2018 |website=[[Leeds Town Hall]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010229/https://www.leedstownhall.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/david-greed-and-simon-lindley/4300 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|[[Arthur Grumiaux]]
|1752
|''ex-Grumiaux''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2726 |title=Guadagnini, 1752 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140540/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2726 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[David Halen]]
|1753
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.mercer.edu/music/davidhalen.htm |title=David Halen |date=2006 |publisher=[[Mercer University]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306074815/http://www2.mercer.edu/music/davidhalen.htm |archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jascha Heifetz]]
| 1741, Piacenza
| ''ex-Heifetz''
| Provenance – by Rembert Wurlitzer in 1946 and Dario D'Attili in 1991
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=699597163476750&id=135610679875404 |title=Ex-Heifetz 1741 Johannes Baptista Guadagnini Violin |author=Salabue Auctions |date=5 February 2016 |via=Facebook |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[:nl:Marlene Hemmer|Marlene Hemmer]]
|1764
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl/59/huidige-nmf-musici/nmf-musici/marlene-hemmer/?id=85 |title=Marlene Hemmer |website=Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds |language=nl |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403231549/http://www.muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl/59/huidige-nmf-musici/nmf-musici/marlene-hemmer/?id=85 |archive-date=3 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chloe Chua]]
|1753
|
|On Loan from the Rin Collection [https://www.ystmusic.nus.edu.sg/our-supporters-rin-collection/]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFpYDmMRilw&t=425s]
|-
|[[Peter Herresthal]]
|1753, Milan
|
|
|<ref name="Thestrad_Oct2011">{{cite magazine |title=In praise of Gaudagnini |magazine=[[The Strad]] |volume=122 |date=October 2011 |pages=36–44 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Willy Hess (violinist)|Willy Hess]]
|1740s
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1006 |title=Guadagnini, 174x |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000231/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1006 |archive-date=2009-03-03}}</ref>
|-
|[[Joseph Joachim]]
|1767, Parma
|''ex-Joachim''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2736 |title=Guadagnini, 1767 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023338/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2736 |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ida Kavafian]]
|1751
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/artistDetail/44/artistID%3D4 |title=Ida Kavafian, violin |date=2008 |website=[[Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525014312/http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/artistDetail/44/artistID%3D4 |archive-date=2009-05-25}}</ref>
|-
|[[David Kim (violinist)|David Kim]]
|1757
|
|On loan from The [[Philadelphia Orchestra]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://davidkimviolin.com/?page_id=5 |title=Biography |website=David Kim |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Min-Jeong Koh]]
| 1767
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.analekta.com/en/artists/cecilia-string-quartet/ |title=Cecilia String Quartet |website=[[Analekta]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goran Končar]]
| 1753, Milan
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://croatiantimes.at/news/Panorama/2008-10-08/1415/ |title=Concert to feature a Guadagnini violin worth a million and a half Euros |date=8 October 2008 |website=Croatian Times |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706090820/http://croatiantimes.at/news/Panorama/2008-10-08/1415/ |archive-date=2011-07-06}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mikhail Kopelman]]
|1773
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andersmanagement.com/ensembles/kopelman.php |title=Kopelman Quartet: Biography |date=April 2005 |website=Mariedi Anders Artists Management |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907083935/http://www.andersmanagement.com/ensembles/kopelman.php |archive-date=2008-09-07}}</ref>
|-
| [[Michał Kowalkowski]]
| 1753
| ''Gucio''
|
|
|-
|[[Jan Kubelik]]
|1750
|''ex-Kubelik''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1736 |title=Guadagnini, 1750 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140525/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1736 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[Pekka Kuusisto]]
|1752
|
|On loan from the [[Finnish Cultural Foundation]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=3.2&oid=517 |title=Pekka Kuusisto, violin |website=[[Ondine (record label)|Ondine]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Manfred Leverkus
|1752
|''ex-Kneisel''
|
|-
|[[Jack Liebeck]]
|1785
|''ex-Wilhelmj''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2750 |title=Guadagnini, 1785 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050902150939/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2750 |archive-date=2005-09-02}}</ref>
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|Wayne Lin
|1779, Turin
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.naxos.com/person/Wayne_Lin/108720.htm |title=Wayne Lin |website=[[Naxos Records]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tasmin Little]]
|1757, Milan
|
|
|<ref name="Thestrad_Oct2011" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/great-violinists-at-the-proms |title=Great Violinists at the Proms |author=Yangen Xu |date=3 August 2006 |website=[[musicOMH]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|Mauro Lopes Ferreira
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|
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |title=Les Musiciens De L'Ensemble: Mauro Lopes Ferreira |website=Café Zimmermann |language=fr |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010229/https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Haldon Martinson]]
|1750
|
|Being used in the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/bios_detail.jsp?id=1700055 |title=Haldan Martinson |website=[[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312033109/http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/bios_detail.jsp?id=1700055 |archive-date=2010-03-12}}</ref>
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|[[Stefan Milenkovich]]
|1780, Turin
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ingleshayday.com/archive/instrument/239-violin-giovanni-battista-guadagnini.html |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (circa 1780), Turin |date=2017 |website=Ingles & Hayday |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830235653/http://ingleshayday.com/archive/instrument/239-violin-giovanni-battista-guadagnini.html |archive-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
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|[[Viktoria Mullova]]
|1750
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.viktoriamullova.com/biog.asp |title=Biography |date=2005 |website=Viktoria Mullova |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709040726/http://www.viktoriamullova.com/biog.asp |archive-date=9 July 2009}}</ref>
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|Ludwig Müller

|1746
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|[[Ginette Neveu]]
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|Purchased early spring, 1949. Involved in [[Air France Flight 009|an air crash]] later that year, in which Neveu died. [[Scroll (music)|Scroll]] later apparently appeared in Paris, having changed hands several times.
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://oldsite.thestrad.com/BlogArticle.asp?bID=231 |title=What happened to Ginette Neveu's Stradivari? |last=Todes |first=Ariane |date=8 February 2013 |magazine=The Strad |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808040007/http://oldsite.thestrad.com/BlogArticle.asp?bID=231 |archive-date=2016-08-08}}</ref>
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|David Plantier
|1766
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|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |title=Les Musiciens De L'Ensemble: David Plantier |website=Café Zimmermann |language=fr |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010229/https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|Simone Porter
|1745
|
|On loan from The Mandell Collection of Southern California
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simoneporterviolin.com/artist.php?view=bio |title=Biography |website=Simone Porter Violin |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026021137/http://www.simoneporterviolin.com/artist.php?view=bio |archive-date=26 October 2018 }}</ref>
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| [[William E. Pynchon]]
| 1779, Turin
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| Purchased 26 March 1957. Played in San Francisco Opera until 1998
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|Linda Rosenthal
|1772, Turin
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linda-rosenthal.com/biography.php |title=About Linda Rosenthal, violinist |website=Linda Rosenthal |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Leon Sametini]]
|1751
|''ex-Sametini''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2409 |title=Guadagnini, 1751 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140534/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2409 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
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|[[Mari Samuelsen]]
|1773, Turin
|
|On loan from ASAF (Anders Sveeas Charitable Foundation, Oslo).
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4835869 |title=Mari Samuelsen: Tracklist |website=[[Deutsche Grammophon]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asaf.no/instrumenter/giovanni-b-guadagnini |title=Giovanni B. Guadagnini |website=Anders Sveaas Almennyttige Fond |language=no |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010228/https://asaf.no/instrumenter/giovanni-b-guadagnini |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio]]
|1757
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpmf.us/pages/artisticdirector.htm |title=Artistic Director |website=Cactus Pear Music Festival |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723093647/http://www.cpmf.us/pages/artisticdirector.htm |archive-date=2009-07-23}}</ref>
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| [[Mayumi Seiler]]
| 1740, Piacenza
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|[[Ittai Shapira]]
|1745, Piacenza
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|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/ittai-shapira/ |title=Ittai Shapira |last=Sadler |first=Naomi |date=28 June 2017 |website=Tarisio |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Sini-Maaria Simonen]]
|1760
|
|On loan from the [[Finnish Cultural Foundation]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skr.fi/default.asp?docId=13213 |title=Myönnetyt soittimet |date=2006 |website=Suomen Kulttuurirahasto |language=fi |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029200501/http://www.skr.fi/default.asp?docId=13213 |archive-date=29 October 2007}}</ref>
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|[[Roman Simovic]]
|1752
|
|On loan from Jonathan Moulds
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orchestradacameradellasardegna.it/roman-simovic/ |title=Roman Simovic |date=2015 |website=Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Yvonne Smeulers]]
|1785
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yvonnesmeulers.nl/language/en/bio/violinist/Biography/ |title=Biography |website=Yvonne Smeulers |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010235/http://www.yvonnesmeulers.nl/language/en/bio/violinist/Biography/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Lara St. John]]
|1779
|''Salabue''
|Called "The Resurrection" by St. John
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=617 |title=Guadagnini, 1779 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140626/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=617 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
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|Lyndon Johnston Taylor
|1777
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|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzso.co.nz/about_us/meet_the_nzso/the_orchestra/strings/first_violins |title=First Violins: Lyndon Johnston Taylor |website=[[New Zealand Symphony Orchestra]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521234547/http://www.nzso.co.nz/about_us/meet_the_nzso/the_orchestra/strings/first_violins |archive-date=2010-05-21}}</ref>
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|[[Henri Temianka]]
|1752
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|Built based on the Petro Guarnerius model. Certificate of Joseph Vedral, violinmaker, Holland, 28 September 1929
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|[[Vanessa-Mae]]
|1761
|''Gizmo''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanessamae.net/2016/09/14/vanessa-maes-guadagnini/ |title=Vanessa-Mae calls her Guadagnini violin "Gizmo". Why is that? |date=14 September 2016 |website=Vanessa-Mae.net |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Pablo Valetti]]
|1758
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|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |title=La Direction Artistique: Pablo Valetti |website=Café Zimmermann |language=fr |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010229/https://www.cafe-zimmermann.com/presentation/musiciens |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Pavel Vernikov]]
|1747, Piacenza
|''ex-Contessa Crespi, ex-Brengola''
|On loan from ''Fondazione Pro Canale''. Worth $1.5 million in 2016. Stolen in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.thestrad.com/giovanni-battista-guadagnini-violin-worth-15m-stolen-from-geneva-train/2609.article |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin, worth $1.5m, stolen from Geneva train |date=12 December 2016 |magazine=The Strad |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Henri Vieuxtemps]]
|1750s
|''ex-Henri Vieuxtemps''
|
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|[[Henryk Wieniawski]]
|1750
|''ex-Wieniawski''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1017 |title=Guadagnini, 1750 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304140509/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1017 |archive-date=2009-03-04}}</ref>
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|[[Bob Wills]]
|1784
|
|Described as 157 years old when bought in 1941 for $3,000, Wills later claimed in an interview that he gave it away "to a friend of mine in Tayxas" and bought another for $5,000.
|<ref>{{cite book |last=Townsend |first=Charles R. |date=1976 |title=San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills |location=Urbana |publisher=[[University of Illinois]] |page=230 |isbn=0-252-00470-1}}</ref>
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|[[Eugène Ysaÿe]]
|1774
|''ex-Eugène Ysaÿe''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2430 |title=Guadagnini, 1754 |website=Cozio.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319023418/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2430 |archive-date=2009-03-19}}</ref>
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|[[Bomsori Kim]]
|1774, Turin
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|[[Li Chuan Yun]]
|1784
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|On loan from the [[Stradivari Society]]
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2004325485_violin04.html |title=Young violin phenom Chuanyun Li to play at Benaroya Hall |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=4 April 2008 |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409230547/http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2004325485_violin04.html |archive-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>
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|[[Kai Gleusteen]]
|1781
|''the tiger''
|
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gleusteen.com/sub_en/index_en.htm |title=Kai Gleusteen personal page |last=Bargreen |first=Joan G. |date=1 June 2008 |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
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|Audrey Wright
|1753
|''ex-Alsop''
|On loan from the [[Marin Alsop|Alsop]] Trust. Previously played by Madeline Adkins<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Michael |title=At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/arts/music/at-baltimore-symphony-a-cello-and-a-violin-make-more-than-music.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 February 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/audrey-wright |title=Audrey Wright, Violin |website=[[New York Philharmonic]] |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
|}

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; Violists
* [[Li-Kuo Chang]] plays the 'ex-Vieuxtemps' G.B. Guadagnini viola, Parma c.1768.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guadagnini.org/en/strumenti.php |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini 1711–1786 |date=2011 |website=Guadagnini.org |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510192851/http://www.guadagnini.org/en/strumenti.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/conservatory/faculty/chang/ |title=Choong-Jin Chang |date=2014 |publisher=[[Peabody Institute]] of the [[Johns Hopkins University]] |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308090607/http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/conservatory/faculty/chang/ |archive-date=2016-03-08}}</ref>
* [[Geraldine Walther]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini viola, Turin 1774.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beinfushi.com/cs-geraldine.php |title=Geraldine Walther |website=Bein & Fushi |access-date=2012-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709091304/http://www.beinfushi.com/cs-geraldine.php |archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref>

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; Cellists
* [[Nicolas Altstaedt]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello made in 1749 (body size: 70 centimeters)
* [[Natalie Clein]] plays the "Simpson" Guadagnini cello (1777).<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.natalieclein.com/biography.php|access-date=23 October 2019|website=Natalie Clein|archive-date=20 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020084705/http://www.natalieclein.com/biography.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kristina Reiko Cooper]] plays the "ex-Havemeyer" Guadagnini cello made in 1743.
* [[David Geringas]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello made in 1761.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aitchisoncellos.com/articleguad.htm |title=G. B. Guadagnini |last=Mnatzaganian |first=Sarah |date=2004 |website=Aitchison Mnatzaganian |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602140200/http://www.aitchisoncellos.com/articleguad.htm |archive-date=2 June 2008}}</ref>
* [[Maxine Neuman]] plays a 1772 Guadagnini.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maxineneuman.com/downloads/Biography_Maxine_Neuman_eng.pdf |title=Biography |website=Maxine Neuman |access-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210330/http://www.maxineneuman.com/downloads/Biography_Maxine_Neuman_eng.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[Han-na Chang]] plays the G.B. Guadagnini cello made in Milan in 1757.
* [[Gilberto Munguia]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1748).
* [[Saša Večtomov]] played a G.B. Guadagnini cello made in Milan in 1754.
* [[Sol Gabetta]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1759).
* [[Carter Brey]], principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, plays a Guadagnini made in Milan in 1754.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/carter-brey |title=Carter Brey, Principal Cello |website=[[New York Philharmonic]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[David Finckel]] plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1754)

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; Groups
* [[Australian String Quartet]] (ASQ) plays four matched instruments: a violoncello (c.1743), and a violin (1748–49), both made in [[Piacenza]], and a viola (1783) and another violin (1784) made in [[Turin]].<ref name="ASQ">{{cite web |url=http://www.asq.com.au/about/instruments |title=Our Instruments |website=[[Australian String Quartet]] |access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Enrico Marchetti]]
*[[Paolo Guadagnini]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*Cozio Archive [https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/browse-the-archive/makers/maker/?Maker_ID=234 Giovanni Batista Guadagnini].
*{{Cite Grove1900|wstitle=Guadagnini|noicon=x}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.aitchisoncellos.com/articleguad.htm |title=G. B. Guadagnini |last=Mnatzaganian |first=Sarah |date=2004 |website=Aitchison Mnatzaganian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602140200/http://www.aitchisoncellos.com/articleguad.htm |archive-date=2 June 2008}}
*{{cite book |last=Doring |first=Ernest N. |date=1949 |title=The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers |location=Chicago |publisher=Lewis & Sons}}
*{{cite book |editor-last=König |editor-first=Adolf H. |date=1981 |title=Die Geigenbauer der Guadagnini-Familie: Die Turiner Schule |trans-title=The violin makers of the Guadagnini family: The Turin School |language=de |location=Frankfurt |publisher=Verlag Das Musikinstrument |isbn=978-3-92011-265-7}}
*{{cite journal |last=Fiori |first=G. |date=1994 |title=Documenti biografici di artisti e personaggi piacentini dal '600 all' '800 nell' Archivo Vescovile di Piacenza |trans-title=Biographical documents of Piacenza artists and characters from the 600s to the 1800s in the Archdiocese of Piacenza |journal=Strenna Piacentina |language=it |pages=67–111}}
*{{cite book |last=Kass |first=P.J. |title=Violin Makers of the Piedmontese School}}
*{{cite book |last=Vannes |first=Rene |title=Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers (vol.3) |location=Bruxelles |publisher=Les Amis de la musique |language=fr |year=1985 |orig-year=1951 |oclc=53749830}}
*{{cite book |last=Henley |first=William |title=Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers |location=Brighton, England |publisher=Amati |year=1969 |isbn=0-901424-00-5 |title-link=Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers}}
*{{cite book |last=Hamma |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Hamma |date=1993 |title=Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst |trans-title=Master of Italian violin making |language=de |location=Wilhelmshaven |publisher=F. Noetzel |isbn=3-7959-0537-0}}
*{{cite book |last=Rosengard |first=Duane |date=2000 |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini: The Life and Achievement of a Master Maker of Violins |location=Haddonfield, New Jersey |publisher=Carteggio Media |isbn=978-0-97042-290-3}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.leroydouglasviolins.com/guadphotos.htm|title="ex-Joachim" G.B. Guadagnini Turin 1775|website=Leroy Douglas Violins|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106001113/http://www.leroydouglasviolins.com/guadphotos.htm|archive-date=2009-01-06}}
*[https://www.diariodesevilla.es/mapademusicas/Bach-horizonte-infinitas-posibilidades_0_1555044742.html ""Bach es un horizonte de infinitas posibilidades"] . Archived from [[Diario de Sevilla]] on <small>12 Marzo, 2021.</small>

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