The Cozio Archive
Welcome to Cozio, the world’s largest reference resource for buyers, sellers and connoisseurs of fine stringed instruments and bows.
Founded in 2003 as a public registry of iconography, provenance and pricing information for historical stringed instruments, Cozio encompasses over 36,000 individual instruments and bows by over 3,500 makers. It is also the most comprehensive online source for maker biographies and provenance information, and contains over 57,000 historical auction prices.
Although most of Cozio is available to the public by subscription, it also contains photographs, documents and records of instruments and bows that are accessible only by request. If you would like information about any item that is not publicly available, please contact us.
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Remembering Francis Kuttner
In light of our April T2 auction, which features a large collection of tonewood and books from Francis’s workshop, we had the pleasure of speaking to a handful of Francis’s many, many friends, who were all too willing to share their fond memories of his humor and warmth.
By Florence HaselerTo honor his legacy, Francis’s family, with the Violin Society of America, have established a memorial fund, dedicated to assisting violin-making students and apprentices in accessing the educational opportunities necessary to realize their dreams of becoming professional makers. In May, Tarisio is delighted to be auctioning one of Francis’ violas, made in San Francisco in […]
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