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  • Violins and their Makers
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  • Stradivarius Violins
  • Maggini Instruments
  • Amati Violins
  • Stainer Family
  • Bergonzi Family of Violin Makers
  • Violin Makers Named Gagliano
  • Violin Makers Named Glass
  • Guarneri Violins
  • Hopf Violins
  • Klotz Family of Violin Makers
  • Ruggieri Family
  • Violin Makers Named Vuillaume

Violins and their Makers

The Smithsonian's priceless collection of musical instruments are brought to life through the the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society's exhibitions, concerts, tours, broadcasts, recordings, and educational programs. View violins and portraits of violinists and fiddle players in the Smithonian's collections. Read about research to understand the engineering and craftsmanship that Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) built into each of his renowned instruments.


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Isaac Stern

Fritz Kreisler

Nathan Milstein

Yehudi Menuhin

Jascha Heifetz

Two Violinists

Self-Portrait with Fiddle

Street Musicians

Ole Bornemann Bull

Yehudi Menuhin

Quartet VI

Fritz Kreisler

Efrem Zimbalist

Yehudi Menuhin

Fritz Kreisler

Eugene Ormandy and Joseph Szigeti

Robert Carlyle Byrd

The Violinist

Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz

Louis Kaufman

Fritz Kreisler

Sweet Adeline

Fiddlin' Bill Livers, Owen County, Kentucky

The Marchbanks Calendar--September

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