The Life and Times of the Limpinski Violin

The Limpinski violin has had a rather interesting life. It was handcrafted in 1715 by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy during what is referred to as Stradivari's golden period. The instrument was first owned by Giuseppe Tartini, who opted out of a life as a priest to become a violinist. Carol Lopinski famously played the violin for countless audiences and alongside other musicians such as Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Paganini. After Limpinski's death in 1861, the violin had various owners, including several generations of the Runchkin family of Leipzig, Germany. In the 1940s until the early 60s