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    What type of violin did Paganini play?

    Question #100254. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Oct 16 08 7:32 AM)


    maudy2

    		His first violin was crafted in 1743 by Guarneri Del Gesu and was nicknamed the cannon, but he may have played a different one later.
    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_23_104/ai_111403546

    Oct 16 08, 7:43 AM
    roxer1


    Paganini owned, by the time of his death, eleven Stradivari, two Amati and four Guarneri violins, as well as a Stradivarius viola and double bass.

    http://inkpot.com/classical/paganini.html

    Oct 16 08, 12:21 PM

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