Axelrod quartet

The Axelrod quartet consists of: A remarkable feature of these four instruments is that they are all decorated:[5] The ornaments on the cello were added in the 20th century[4] but the two violins and the viola were decorated by Stradivari, placing them among the small group of eleven surviving Stradivarius string instruments decorated by the great luthier.

[6] Four other decorated Stradivarius instruments belong to the Royal Quartet in Madrid.

[7] The donation led to the foundation of the Axelrod String Quartet in 1998.

The Axelrod quartet and the Servais cello were on display in the National Museum of American History until 2012.

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