NMF has in its endowment one of the largest collections of antique instruments made by luthier Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), with an additional two by Giuseppe Guarneri (1698-1744). Guarneri del Gesù * 1736 Muntz, violin * 1740 Ysaÿe, violin Stradivarius Cello * 1696 Aylesford * 1730 Feuermann; De Munck; Gardiner * 1736 Paganini; Ladenburg Viola * 1731 Paganini; Mendelssohn Violin