What is Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis?
What is Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis? There has been a shortage of violins with the label Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis (Cremonensis is a Latin name of the town in Italy where Antonio Stradivarius worked). Instead, you will find instruments with fake labels like “Made in Czechoslovakia,” “Made in Germany,” or sometimes with the maker's name. What does Cremonensis mean? There is certainly no shortage of violins that bare the label, “Antonius StradivariusCremonensis” (Cremonensis, is the Latinized name of town in Italy where he worked). Some of these instruments read, “Made in Germany” or “Made in Czechoslovakia” and some only state the makers...