The Lipiński Stradivari
The Stradivari violin played on by Frank Almond is known as the “Lipiński,” after the violinist Karol Lipiński (1790-1861), who performed on it during the 19th century, just one chapter in a fabled provenance that includes Giuseppe Tartini, The Roentgen family, and Estonian violinist Evi Liivak.
Over the course of a six-decade career, the unparalleled success of the Stradivari workshop has come to define the violin as we know it today and the Stradivari name as a symbol of excellence. Utilizing first rate materials, a high level of workmanship and an innovative vision the Stradivari workshop produced instruments en masse with blinding consistency to a degree that is arguably without parallel in the world of hand-crafted art objects. Built in 1715, the “Lipiński comes at the apex of this remarkable career.
