Word: violine
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...famous books by the Hill brothers describes [a collector named] Plowden who had these two violins together in 1850," Ptashne says. "A French violin maker named Vuillaume came by and said you will never see two such beautiful Guarnieris," he says. "So they are a famous historical pair that were apart for 100 years...
...amazing coincidence, Ptashne succeeded in uniting the pair by acquiring the second violin...
...finally got the violin of my dreams, the Plowden which is another [Guarnieri violin made by] Del Jesu in 1735," Ptashne says. "I was in Sweden giving a lecture and an English dealer and friend of mine called and said that if I flew in to New York City that night I could see the twin of the D'Egville," he says. "I flew there and now they're back together...
...have one violin called a Rocca that's being played by a concert player in New York and I have [another viola] called a Pressenda that's being played in the Borromeo quartet...
...addition to playing the violin. Ptashne is an avid collector of various paintings and sculptures produced by such artists as Matisse, Hoffman and Lachaise...