Stradivari Violas at the Library of Congress

Jessica Bodner, Kikuei Ikeda, Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford and John Montgomery discuss the Library's two Stradivari violas, the 1690 "Tuscan-Medici" and the 1727 "Cassavetti."

Speaker Biography: John Montgomery is a violin maker, instrument dealer and luthier based in North Carolina. He is an expert on the Library's stringed instrument collection.

Speaker Biography: Jessica Bodner is the violist for the Parker String Quartet.

Speaker Biography: Kikuei Ikeda is the violist for the Tokyo String Quartet.

Speaker Biography: Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford is the curator of musical instruments at the Library of Congress.

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