From 2009 to 2017 we had instruments made specially for us. Here is the register of these ‘MSV’ instruments

InstrumentMakerOriginDateSold ToPhotos
ViolinMSV2013UK
ViolinMichael AlbaniBolzano1720UK
ViolinJonathan AllenEngland1840Scotland
ViolinGeorges ApparutMirecourt1932UK
ViolinAntal ArztBudapest1966Jersey
ViolinClaude AubertTroyes1770Scotland
ViolinPaul BaillyParis1900Latvia
ViolinPaul BaillyParis1875Germany
ViolinJoseph BaldantoniAncona1830UK
Small ViolaJohn & Henry BanksSalisbury1790UK
Small ViolaJohn & Henry BanksSalisbury1790USA
ViolinDezsö BárányBudapest1936UK
ViolinPaolo De BarbieriGenoa1946Germany
ViolinTA BealeSoho (London)1880UK
ViolinBeck Family, unlabelledWölfelsdorf1800USA
ViolinNicolo BergonziCremona1780USA
ViolinBetts SchoolLondon1820UK
ViolinBetts WorkshopLondon1820UK
ViolinBetts WorkshopLondon1820UK
ViolaBetts WorkshopLondon1790UK
Small ViolaJohn Betts WorkshopLondon1800UK
ViolinLeandro Bisiach WorkshopMilan1925Lebanon
ViolinBisiach WorkshopMilan1930Lebanon
ViolinPaul BlanchardLyon1894USA
ViolaPaul BlanchardLyon1890UK
ViolinAlberto BlanchiNice1904UK
ViolinAlbertus BlanchiNice1926Scotland
ViolinEmile BoulangeotLyon1926USA
ViolinCharles BoullangierLondon1887UK
ViolinCharles Brugère WorkshopMirecourt1907UK
ViolinDomingos F CapelaEspinho1967UK
ViolaMarino CapicchioniRimini1954Singapore
Small ViolaJohn CarterLondon1780Scotland
ViolaPaolo CastelloGenoa1770UK
ViolaCastello SchoolGenoa1760
ViolinFN CaussinNeufchateau1860USA
ViolaFrançois Hippolyte CaussinNeufchateau1860UK
ViolinFrançois Hippolyte CaussinNeufchateau1870UK
ViolinFrederick ChannonWeybridge1935UK
ViolinGeorges Chanot (II)London1861UK
ViolinGeorges ChanotParis1835Germany
ViolinJoseph Anthony ChanotLondon1910UK
ViolinMoinel CherpitelFrance1921UK
ViolinCollin-Mézin ViolinMirecourt1934Germany
Violin Ch.JB Collin-MézinParis1885USA
ViolinCh J.B. Collin-Mézin (père)Mirecourt1898Scotland
ViolinCh J.B. Collin-MézinParis1885UK
ViolinCh J.B. Collin-MézinFrance1893UK
ViolinCh J.B. Collin-MézinFrance1892UK
ViolinCharles JB Collin-MézinParis1884Hong Kong
ViolinCharles JB Collin-MézinParis1884USA
ViolinGeorges ConéLyon1945UK
ViolinGeorges CunaultParis1898UK
ViolinDearlove & FryerManchester1863Russia
ViolinLaurence DecykEngland1982
ViolinGiulio DeganiVenice1896UK
ViolinDeggerman of ObanScotland1890UK
ViolinJohn DelanyDublin1800USA
ViolinGiovanni & Giuseppe DollenzTrieste1855USA
ViolinMichael DötschBerlin1928UK
ViolinRichard Duke (circle of)London1760Scotland
ViolinCarolus Bor. DvorakPrague1890
ViolinTomaso EberleNaples1770Sweden
ViolinMartin FendtLondon1840USA
Small ViolaWilliam 'Royal' ForsterLondon1792UK
HardangerTorleiv FrøysaaGjøvik1910USA
ViolinMario GaddaMantua1979UK
Small ViolaGagliano (label)Prague1830Australia
ViolinAntonio GaglianoNaples1845UK
ViolinNicolo GaglianoNaples1770Switzerland
ViolinNicolo GaglianoNaples1761UK
ViolinAntonin GallaBrno1962Japan
ViolinGand & BernardelParis1866Germany
ViolinCharles Adolphe GandParis1846Germany
ViolinCharles François Gand (Père)Paris1843Germany
ViolinRiccardo Ganolli (label)Scotland
ViolinM GarnierLyon1910Scotland
ViolinGeissenhof (circle of)Vienna1820UK
ViolinCircle of Franciscus GeissenhofVienna1820UK
ViolinRiccardo GenoveseMontiglio1926Norway
ViolinMichel GerardMirecourt1934UK
ViolinA Fine English Del Gesu CopyEngland1870UK
ViolinJames GilchristGlasgow1889Scotland
ViolinJohn GloagLoudoun1896UK
ViolinGuadagnini (label)Bohemia1870Hong Kong
ViolinGeorg Adam Gutter (labelled)Saxony1870USA
HardangerSveinung GyoevelandAsmi/Aust1956UK
ViolinLouis Hastings HallConnecticut1900UK
ViolinJames HardieEdinburgh1888Scotland
ViolinMatthew HardieEdinburgh1826Korea
ViolinMatthew HardieEdinburgh1802Scotland
ViolinJoannes HavelkaLinz1770Switzerland
ViolinHawkes & Sons "Tyrolese Violin"Markneukirchen1932Hong Kong
ViolinXaver HeiniKemptem1826Scotland
ViolinMathias HeinickeWildstein1931UK
ViolinJoseph HelLille1889USA
ViolinPierre Hel WorkshopLille1932Scotland
ViolinWE Hill & SonsLondon1904India
ViolinJoseph HillLondon1780UK
ViolinEA Homolka (labelled)Prague/comoposite1818UK
ViolinEmanuel Adam HomolkaVelvary1825USA
Small ViolaFerdinand Josef HomolkaKutná Hora1849Scotland
ViolinFranz HristodorofSofia1940UK
ViolinLudovic HuetterMontpellier1926UK
ViolinThomas HulinzkyPrague1776UK
ViolinJohn InnesEdinburgh1902USA
ViolinJTLMirecourt1905Ireland
1/2 Size ViolinJTL Célèbre Vosgien1920
ViolinJTL, ButhodMirecourt1900Scotland
1/2 Size ViolinJTL, Médio FinoMirecourt1910
ViolinBartholomäus KarnerMittenwald1790UK
Small ViolaThomas KennedyLondon1840USA
Small ViolaThomas KennedyLondon1800Scotland
ViolinWilly KleinRostock1973UK
ViolinCornelis KleynmanAmsterdam1660UK
ViolinGeorg KlozMittenwald1772Japan
ViolinSebastian KlozMittenwald1730Germany
ViolinFrantišek Karel KřížPrague1932UK
ViolinFrantišek Karel KrižPrague1930Latvia
ViolaFrantisek Karel KrizPrague1924Hong Kong
ViolinFrantisek Karel KrizPrague1924China
ViolinJan KulikPrague1850UK
ViolinVila KuželBrno1965Singapore
ViolinLaberte WorkshopMirecourt1920UK
ViolinEugène LangonetNantes1930France
ViolinBohuslav LantnerPrague1910Scotland
ViolinEtienne LaprevotteParis1825Latvia
ViolinGiuseppe LecchiGenoa1930UK
ViolinGabriel LemböckVienna1862Korea
ViolinPierre LepileurFrance1756UK
ViolinFriedrich LohmannBuxtehude1951Hong Kong
ViolaG B de LorenziNaples1860UK
ViolinJohn Lott IILondon1845India
ViolinJoseph Laurent MastMirecourt1800UK
ViolinCharles Adolphe MaucotelParis1850UK
Small ViolaFrancesco MauriziAppignano1840Sweden
ViolinJames MeekCarlisle1910UK
ViolinGustav MethfesselBern1905UK
ViolinMirecourtMirecourt1870Ireland
ViolinCouesnon WorkshopsMirecourt1910UK
ViolinMittenwaldMittenwald1800UAE
ViolinGeorges MougenotBrussels1890UK
ViolinKarl MüllerMarkneukirchen1948Norway
ViolinErnest MumbyLondon1926UK
ViolinDaniel MurrayEdinburgh1894Scotland
ViolinČestmír MusilPrague1937UK
ViolinAbele NaldiMilan1968UK
CelloSympertus NiggellFüssen1760Scotland
ViolinSilvio Vezio PaolettiFlorence1930UK
ViolaPiero ParraviciniBovisio (Milan)1952Hong Kong
ViolinRobert Max PaschyKönigsberg1918Australia
ViolinRobert Max PaschyKönigsberg1925Scotland
ViolinJames PerryKilkenny1790Ireland
ViolinThomas PerryDublin1780Ireland
Violin Antonius PilarStará Paka1944Germany
ViolinKarel PilařHradec Králové1941UK
ViolinKarel PilarPrague1940
ViolinKarel PilařHradec Králové1928UK
ViolinVladimir PilarHradec Kralove1967Germany
ViolinVladimir PilarHradec Kralove1982UK
ViolinFrançois Louis PiqueParis1804USA
ViolaAnsaldo PoggiBologna1954UK
7/8 ViolinPoirsons LabelMirecourt 1914Singapore
ViolinJosef PolakPrague1934Belgium
ViolinJohann PrüllerVienna1907Scotland
ViolinWillibald RaabMittenwald1950Scotland
Small ViolaRémy FamilyMirecourt1840UK
ViolinAndreas RenistoItaly1929Ireland
ViolinErnst Heinrich RothBubenreuth1965USA
ViolinErnst Heinrich RothMarkneukirchen1935USA
ViolinErnst Heinrich RothMarkneukirchen1939UK
ViolinErnst Heinrich Roth 'Stradivarius'Bubenreuth1960Ireland
ViolinErnst Heinrich RothBubenreuth1965UK
ViolaRozeOrléans1758UK
ViolinRushworth & Dreaper 'Apollo'Mirecourt1900UK
ViolinJosef RužičkaOpava1935Norway
ViolinJB SalomonParis1790UK
ViolinLuigi SalsedoItaly1925Ireland
ViolinLuigi SalsedoScotland/Italy1928Australia
ViolinSalzard (brand)Mirecourt1820Russia
ViolaJohann Scheverle ViolaPrague1770UK
ViolinCarl Gottlob SchusterMarkneukirchen1930Canada
Small ViolaGiovanni SchwarzVenice1913UK
ViolinHippolyte Chrétien SilvestreLyon1876UK
ViolinHippolyte Chrétien SilvestreParis1892Scotland
ViolinHippolyte Chrétien SilvestreParis1888Spain
ViolinCharles SimoninMirecourt1840Russia
ViolaJames & John SimpsonLondon1780UK
ViolinNicolaus Georg SkomalGraz1804UK
ViolinAlex SmillieGlasgow1890UK
ViolinAngelo SolianiModena1800UK
ViolinOtakar SpidlenPrague1927Switzerland
Small ViolaJanos SpiegelBudapest1920Spain
ViolinJames SteeleLondon1924Ireland
ViolinAlex StrachanAberdeen1933Scotland
ViolinStrnad (circle of)Prague1830Scotland
ViolinCaspar StrnadPrague1790Sweden
ViolinCaspar StrnadPrague1800Scotland
ViolaCaspar StrnadPrague1819USA
ViolinCaspar StrnadPrague1800USA
ViolinPJ StromHelsingborg1890Scotland
ViolinGiuseppe TarasconiSaronno1888UK
ViolinGiuseppe TarasconiMilan1900UK
ViolinAdam ThompsonAberlour1903
ViolinTononi FamilyBologna1695USA
ViolinHermann TrappNeukirchen1889Norway
ViolinUnlabelledPrague/Vienna1800UK
Small ViolaUnlabelledMittenwald1820UK
Small ViolaUnlabelledMittenwald1830UK
ViolinUnlabelledMittenwald1820UK
ViolinUnlabelledMilan1720UK
ViolinUnlabelledItaly1800India
ViolinUnlabelledNorth Italy1850Scotland
ViolinUnlabelledBohemia1930UK
ViolinUnlabelledMittenwald1850UK
ViolinUnlabelledItaly1930Scotland
ViolinUnlabelledMittenwald/Krinn1770Latvia
ViolinPoliti WorkshopRome1910UK
ViolinUnlabelledMirecourt1850UK
Small ViolaUnlabelledMittenwald1850Hong Kong
ViolinUnlabelledItaly1800Poland
HardangerDyre VaaYtre Vinje1989Scotland
ViolinKarel VávraPrague1950UK
ViolinKarel VávraPrague1941UK
ViolinAlfred VincentLondon1924UK
ViolinAlfred VincentLondon1926UK
ViolaRod WardCambridge2005Australia
ViolinWilliam WebbeLondon1924Germany
ViolinJoseph WilsonEdinburgh1930Netherlands
ViolinJoseph WilsonEdinburgh1922USA
ViolinFrank WinfieldDerby1925Scotland
ViolinWithersLondon1900France
ViolinMartin ZeidlerBremen1969Australia

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