Antonio Stradivari, 1714, "General Kyd",
ex-Itzak Perlman, ex-Sinsheimer
Most of Itzak Perman's early recordings were on the General Kyd Strad.
After Itzak sold the General Kyd Strad, it was played for
about six years by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenburg. When the people who were
lending it to her got divorced she was given the option of acquiring the
instrument (at a very good price) but was not able to raise the money.
The General Kyd then passed into the hands of the Italian violinist Uto
Ughi who owned it for a couple of years (and had the original Stradivari
neck replaced by a modern neck in Switzerland in 1992),
and from Ugi it passed to the present owner in 1994. You can hear the
powerful, yet silvery and voluptuous tone of this violin on many, many
recordings.
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