The violinist who commissioned a cello
OrchestrasIn 1862, the phenomenal Belgian violinist Henry Vieuxtemps asked his friend the celebrated luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume to make him a cello.
He may have wanted it for his string quartet, or maybe just for fooling around, but the instrument has survived to this day in good condion in the Veiuxtemps family. It is finally coming up for sale by auction with other Vuilllaume treasures this month.
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