Catalogue of important musical instruments comprising violins, violas and violoncellos including "The Soames", an important violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1684, an important violin by Peter Guarneri, Mantua, 1691, a violin by Gioffredo Cappa, Turin 1720, an Italian violoncello by Paulo Antonio Testore, Milan 1752, a very fine violin by Pietro Francesco Celoniato, Turin 1739, a violin by Januarius Gagliano, Naples, circa 1760, an Italian viola by Joseph Guadagnini, Pavia 1799, a violin by J. B. Vuillaume, Paris 1885, a violin by J. B. Guadagnini, labelled Parma 1765, a violin by Carlo Antonio Testore, Milan 1724, an Irish division viol by Thomas Molineux, Dublin 1739, bows including a chased gold-mounted violin bow, attributed to Kittel, St. Petersburg, circa 1860, a silver-mounted violin bow by James Tubbs, London, a silver-mounted violin bow by Xavier Tourte, Paris, second half of the 18th century, a gold and ebony-mounted violin bow, attributed to Eury, Paris, a silver-mounted violin bow by François Tourte, Paris, circa 1825, keyboard instruments including a Viennese grand pianoforte by Johann Heichele, Vienna, circa 1800, free reed, wind and stringed instruments, including a bass cecilium, by A. Q. de Gromard, Paris, mid-19th century, a rare five-keyed boxwood clarinet by Kusder, London, circa 1770, a rare glass flute by Claude Laurent, Pairs 1809, a very fine eight-keyed bassoon by William Milhouse, London, circa 1810 : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. ..., day of sale Thursday, 24th May, 1973