duport stradivarius

The Duport Strad, or Stradivarius, is a cello built in 1711 by Antonio Stradivari, and owned and played since 1974 by Mstislav Rostropovich. The instrument is named for Jean-Pierre Duport, who played it around 1800. In 1812, Duport permitted Napoleon to handle it; a dent, still visible on the instrument, is said to have resulted from the emperor's incompetent handling of it. Auguste-Joseph Franchomme set a price record by purchasing it for 22,000 francs in 1843 from Duport's son. The great 19th-century instrument maker Jean Baptiste Vuillaume used the Duport Strad as the primary model for the approximately three thousand cellos that he built.

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