St. John's Violin
In 1999, an anonymous donor made a permanent loan to St. John of the 1779 “Salabue” Guadagnini. This instrument, upon which St. John currently performs, is the most important surviving example of Guadagnini’s work.
Previously, in 1997, upon winning the Canada Council Stradivarius Prize, St. John was given the two-year use of a Lyall Stradivarius built in 1702.
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