[1] At the time of his death in 1883, Enrico Ceruti, a prolific and successful Italian luthier and musician in his own right, passed down the objects from his workshop to Michelina, the widow of his son, Paolo.

Cozio's meticulous notes on nearly every instrument that passed through his hands contributed enormously to the body of knowledge surrounding Italian violinmaking.

In 1920, a huge collection of original Stradivari family tools, such as wooden models, documents, and artisanal equipment for the creation of stringed instruments were purchased from the count's descendants by the violin maker Giuseppe Fiorini of Bologna in order to create an Italian school of lutherie.

[4] The municipal administration of Cremona later created the "Stradivarian Room" (Italian: Sala Stradivariana) inside the Palazzo Affaitati, where all the objects of the Salabue-Fiorini collection were exhibited.

[5] After two years of restoration of the Palazzo dell'Arte, the entire collection has been permanently transferred to the current building of the Violin Museum which was officially inaugurated on 14 September 2013.