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    THE EVANGELISTS – A QUARTET OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

    Thursday, February 18th, 2016

    The Evangelists, a unique quartet of musical instruments, will be offered at auction by Ingles and Hayday in London in March.  Attached is a video of the Ruisi Quartet playing these exceptional instruments.  Between 1863 and 1872 the famous French luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume made a number of instruments dedicated to saints. It is believed that he produced around a dozen instruments, of which nine survive. They are known as ‘The Apostles’. The first four, and the most celebrated, date from 1863, when Vuillaume made the quartet known as ‘The Evangelists’. Made from matching wood it is the only one of Vuillaume’s celebrated quartets still together as a set today.   Each has a carved tailpiece, depicting one of the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  The set has been in private European collections since about 1970, immaculately preserved and played only occasionally.  The estimate is £600,000-800,000 and the auction is on March 15.

    RARE DANIEL PARKER VIOLIN AT INGLES AND HAYDAY

    Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
    THE DANIEL PARKER VIOLIN.

    THE DANIEL PARKER VIOLIN.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £42,000

    A rare violin by Daniel Parker – known as the English Stradivarius – comes up at Ingles and Hayday in London on November 3.  The 1716 instrument has a distinctive Italian sound. Daniel Parker worked in the shadows of St Paul’s Cathedral as it was being completed, making instruments in the early decades of the 1700s.  St Paul’s was formally completed in 1711, five years before this particular instrument, and Sir Christopher Wren died in 1717.  This period in London’s instrument-making history sees luthiers making sophisticated instruments informed by the innovations of Italian makers, with Daniel Parker producing some of the very best instruments.  Musical life in London was thriving at this time and Handel settled permanently in the city in 1712.

    Violinist Fritz Kreisler played a Daniel Parker as his regular concert instrument which subsequently became know as the ‘Kreisler Parker’.  The Ingles and Hayday auction  at Sotheby’s includes a particularly fine selection of English bows.