Michael's Violin bLog

What's going on in the shop at Darnton Violins and Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins

New Stradivari Violin Photo Set

Lady Blunt Strad

One of the finest Stradivari violins in existence, the 1721 ex-Lady Blunt, is going to be auctioned in a couple of weeks at the Tarisio online auction site. Here’s a link to more about the auction, and some great photos:  http://tarisio.com/wp/2011/04/the-lady-blunt-stradivarius-of-1721/

Last week the violin made a pass through Chicago, and we were able to see it in our shop (http://darntonhersh.com). I took a bunch of pictures of little details that I was interested in, and have posted them on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdarnton/sets/72157626719359016/