Segelman Trust - London
The Maggini Foundation manages the world-famous collection of Gerald Segelman (1899–1992), now owned by the Segelman Trust UK. This collection includes 28 violins, 1 viola and 2 cellos by the most important Italian and French violin makers of all time.
The most famous violin in the collection is the ‘Rode’ violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722.
Stradivari is thought to have made the ’Rode’ for the marchese Vincenzo Carbonelli of Mantua. As well as Pierre Rode, the violin’s other owners have included Count Pomponio Spelimbergo, violin maker Nicolas Lupot, the Duc D’Olbreuse, and the French violinist–conductor Charles Lamoureux.It was acquired by Gerald Segelman in 1954, and has been on long-term loan to the Ashmolean Museum by the Segelman Trust since 2015.
- Article in The Strad magazine, 11 October 2022
The book Mr Black's Violins, the Extraordinary Obsession of Gerald Segelman by Andrew Hooker was published in 2009. It contains beautiful pictures of the Segelman instruments. In addition, A. Hooker tells the fascinating story of the passionate collector Gerald Segelman.
This extraordinary book is available for sale at the Maggini Foundation.
