Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Solomon, Ex-Lambert Stradivarius of 1729 is a violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644-1737). The instrument derives its name from previous owners Seymour Solomon, co-founder of Vanguard Records, and British violinist, Dorothy Mary Murray Lambert. The Solomon, ex-Lambert comes from Stradivari''s mature period and, retains the bold outline, superb arching and quality materials which account for the power, sonority and tonal balance his work is recognized for. The first recorded owner of the Solomon, Ex-Lambert Stradivarius was Berlin dealer and expert August Riechers who sold it to Miss Price'', a student of the violin studying in Berlin at the time. From Price the violin passed to the venerable English collector Robert Bower, one of the preeminent connoisseurs of his day who owned no fewer than twenty-four Stradivari instruments. By 1922 the violin was sold through the London dealers of John and Arthur Beare to Ernest E. Winterbotham who paid GB Pds. 1,600 and presented the violin to his wife Dorothy Mary Murray Lambert.