Domenico Montagnana "Sleeping Beauty 1739" Selection Russ and signs her instruments with

and signs her instruments with her artist name

It is probably one of the very last violins made by Guarneri before he passed away exactly the same year in October

stable sound

It has been played a lot and some changes have been made

Domenico Montagnana "Sleeping Beauty 1739" Selection Russ and signs her instruments withThe Domenico Montagnana is a super Classic in the cello world. Everybody loves its sound but the prejudice that it is too big keeps most musicians far away. This prejudice has been created because decades ago society tried to get standard in violinmaking. This has brought standard measurements and actually made comparing easier. Great for most except for the cello. Because a shorter cello body sounds definitely better than a standard longer one. And