Soil Stradivarius 1237444 211264674 2008-05-09T14:40:38Z Kbdankbot 6505923 Robot - move category per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 May 2|2008 May 2]] The '''''Soil Stradivarius''''' (pronounced ''“swah”'') of 1714 is an [[antique]] [[violin]] made by Italian [[luthier]] [[Antonio Stradivari]] of [[Cremona]] (1644-1737). A product of Stradivari’s golden period, it is one of his finest. One of two Stradivari violins named after Belgian industrialist [[Amédée Soil]], this instrument is characterized by its brilliant red [[varnish]] and a two-piece [[maple]] back with the flames of the grain joined, descending from the edges toward the center. The provenance of this violin includes the French luthier and collector [[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]], the [[Vienna|Viennese]] collector [[Oscar Bondy]], who also owned the ''[[Hellier Stradivarius]]'' of 1679. ''The Soil'' was acquired by [[Yehudi Menuhin]] in 1950, and in 1986 by [[Itzhak Perlman]] who with this instrument recorded the ''Cinema Serenade'' with the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] in 1997. Other sobriquet ''Soil'' violins are the Stradivari of 1708, and two by [[Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù]] of 1733, and 1736. ==See also== *[[Stradivarius]] ==External links== {{cozio|251}} [[Category:1714 works]] [[Category:Individual violins]] [[Category:Stradivari violins]] {{string-instrument-stub}} [[de:Soil Stradivarius]] [[fr:Soil (Stradivarius)]] [[it:Stradivari Soil]] [[fi:Soil Stradivarius]]