Joseph Joachim - Joachim's Instruments

Joachim's Instruments

• As a child, Joachim played a Guarneri del Gesù, which he gave to Felix Schumann after he acquired his first Stradivarius.
• In his Hanover years, Joachim played on a Guadagnini made in 1767.
• He later bought a 1714 Stradivarius, which he played until 1885.
• He exchanged this instrument for a 1713 Stradivarius, which was later acquired by Robert von Mendelssohn and lent for life to Joachim's student Karl Klingler.
• A 1714 Stradivarius "de Barreau/Joachim" which he bought in 1881 and sold in 1897, later owned by Richard von Mendelssohn, Baron Knoop, and Karl Klingler.
• A 1698 Joachim Stradivarius is held by the Royal Academy of Music
• A violin, the ex-Joachim Stradivarius of 1715 is currently held by the Collezione Civica del Comune di Cremona. It was presented to Joachim on the occasion of his Jubilee celebration in 1889.
• Another 1715 Stradivarius, the Joachim-Aranyi.
• Another 1715 Stradivarius, later owned by George Eastman
• A 1722 Stradivarius, later owned by Burmester, Mischa Elman and Josef Suk.
• Another 1722 Stradivarius, also owned by the Mendelssohn family.
• A 1723 Stradivarius
• A 1725 Stradivarius, later owned by Norbert Brainin Currently played by Rainer Küchl.
• A 1727 Stradivarius, currently owned by Suntory, Ltd. and currently on loan to Mayuko Kamio.
• The Ex Joachim, Joseph Vieland Viola by Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609 is held by the Shrine to Music No. 3368,
• According to the Henley Atlas of Violin Makers, during the time he spent in France, Joachim performed on a violin made by French luthier Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin.
• A violin by Francesco Ruggeri bearing the label Nicolaus Amati
• A Joachim Tielke viola anno 1670, Hamburg, bought by Joachim in the late 19th Century in the Vuillaume shop. Currently played by David Yang.
• Joachim also played a Guarneri del Gesu, loaned by the Wittgenstein family, perhaps a 1737 Guarneri del Gesu?
• A Johannes Theodorus Cuypers anno 1807 was bought by Joachim in the mid 19th century and taken on tour throughout Europe. There is also evidence that the instrument was played by Joachim in a recital in Paris a half century later, in 1895. The same instrument was also played by Fritz Kreisler in a 1955 Carnegie Hall concert.
• A 1747 Pietro Guarneri
• A 1767 Guadagnini
• A 1775 Guadagnini
• A Carlo Testore violin
• Among Joachim's bows was a Tourte, previously owned by Ernst.