Ex Marsick Stradivarius
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The Ex-Marsick Stradivarius is a violin named for Belgian violinist and teacher Martin Pierre Marsick (1847-1924) who owned the instrument made by Antonio Stradivarius in 1715. Violin virtuoso David Oistrakh played it from 1966 until his passing in 1974. The instrument now belongs to the Fulton Collection and is played by James Ehnes.
Contra-evidence: at a pre-concert talk at the Colston Hall, Bristol, UK on 28 November 2005 James Ehnes took pains to differentiate the instrument he was playing from that played by David Oistrakh. Ehnes is playing a 1715 Stradivarius formerly owned by Marsick, but Marsick owned two Stradivarius instruments; Oistrakh had one, Ehnes is playing the other.
