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    Currently, the Instrument Foundation’s collection consists of eleven very valuable rare instruments by masters and nine bows.

    The authenticity of the Instrument Foundation’s instruments has been certified by the world’s top experts such as Vatelot-Rampal Luthier Experts Paris (France), John & Arthur Beare, The Beare´s International Violin Society London (Great Britain), Hieronymus Köstler (Germany), Andreas Post (Holland).

    Joseph (Giuseppe) GAGLIANO

    Violin
    Year: 1770–1780

    Giovanni Paolo MAGGINI

    Violin
    Year: 1610

    Enrico CATENAR

    Violin
    Year: 1670

    Nicola & Giuseppe (Joseph) GAGLIANO

    Violin
    Year: 1723

    Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

    Violin
    Year: 1830-1840

    Thomas URQUHART

    Viola
    Year: 1650–1700

    Francois Fourrier NICOLAS

    Cello
    Year: 1798

    Joseph GAGLIANO

    Violin
    Year: 1775–1780

    Celeste FAROTTI

    Cello
    Year: 1904

    Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

    Cello
    Year: 1842

    Joseph-Arthur VIGNERON (Père)

    Violin bow
    Year: 1890

    Claude THOMASSIN

    Cello bow
    Year: 1890

    Victor FETIQUE

    Violin bow
    Year: ca 1910

    Victor FETIQUE

    Cello bow
    Year: ca 1930

    Francois Nicolas VOIRIN

    Cello bow
    Year: ca 1880

    Henri Louis GILLET

    Violin bow
    Year: ca 1940

    Joseph Alfred LAMY

    Violin bow
    Year: ca 1895

    Victor FETIQUE

    Violin bow
    Year: ca 1930

    Henri Louis GILLET

    Viola bow
    Year: 1945-1950

    I am sincerely privileged to recognise and thank the founders of the Estonian Musical Instrument Foundation and encourage all music friends with social responsibility to support the foundation.

    Indrek Saar
    Minister of Culture
    April 2015–April 2019