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With a fine red-brown varnish, this cello may have been made with wood from the same tree as the famed ’Cristiani, Stauffer’
Canimex has been loaning fine instruments to players for more than two decades. The Strad Calendar 2026 showcases twelve of these treasures, including five by Antonio Stradivari, two by Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, two by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini and – a first for the Calendar – a modern octobass.
1699 ‘Dubois’ Antonio Stradivari cello
Named after the Canimex founders, the ‘Dubois’ Stradivari cello of 1699 is a relatively short instrument, with a body length of only 754mm. However, it shows signs of having been slightly cut down in the 19th century, as well as significant other repair work: some of the wood may have been replaced, and the scroll is not original. It is, however, indisputably the work of Stradivari, and Charles Beare believed the wood to have come from the same tree as the ‘Cristiani, Stauffer’ cello made one year later, and now housed in Cremona’s Museo del Violino. The back is of two pieces of flamed maple, covered in a fine red–brown varnish.
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