Control your destiny
Engage your patron community to help secure the instrument of your dreams.
Strumenti provides musicians and their community of patrons with a platform for co-purchasing instruments.
Our approach puts the musicians and their patrons in control. Patrons may be the board members of your orchestra or other prominent individuals in the community. Together you can secure the instrument for long-term use.
If you’ve considered an instrument purchase but struggled with the logistics of organizing a group, Strumenti can help.
Success Story
Strumenti helped rising star soloist Melissa White procure a violin circa 1780 by Ferdinando Gagliano of Naples.
Together with multiple patron-investors, Melissa now co-owns the violin.
Instrument on Loan from a Collector?
How Strumenti’s Approach is Better
Some lucky musicians get instrument loans from the collection of a foundation or a wealthy patron. However, most such collections are limited; the instrument selected for the musician may not be a fit for the musician’s playing style. Few recipients have the luxury of trying enough such instruments to find the right one.
Matches your Playing Style
When you have an instrument loan from a collector, the original owner keeps all the equity and value appreciation of that instrument.
With Strumenti’s approach, the musician can co-own the instrument and share in the opportunity to generate wealth and financial security for themselves and their family.
Build Equity for the Future
Stable Growth in Violin Prices
Strumenti only supports purchases of fine and rare violins that meet our selection criteria. We work with musicians to select investment-worthy instruments that we can feel confident presenting to their patron-investors for funding.
Fine and rare violins have returned 6-7% on average since the 1960s, and have proven resilient to inflation and stock market downturns. Some of the best makers have appreciated 10-15% annually since 2000. Old Italian violins have shown more stable growth than the stock market over long periods.¹
Strumenti offers a process that ensures the wealthiest patrons and institutions aren’t the only gatekeepers between musicians and fine instruments.
The world's finest violins can cost millions. D.C.'s Strumenti is working to get them into the hands of up-and-coming instrumentalists.
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Why It Matters
The right instrument can make a huge difference to a musician. However, consolidation of fine and rare instruments into non-musician investor hands means that fewer and fewer of them are ever heard in performance.
How It Works
Each offering supports an individual musician with the purchase of a single violin, viola or cello.
We work with a musician
Our focus is on up-and-coming artists who will see a career benefit and who have an active patron community to support their effort to finance an instrument.
We help select the instrument
We identify only highest quality investment grade options. The musician selects from among these an instrument that is a match for their playing style.
We take care of the paperwork
Each instrument is owned by its own LLC as an investment vehicle. Strumenti takes care of legal paperwork, regulatory filings, and banking transactions associated with the group purchase.
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Ava Pakiam photograph by Pauline Caplier.
Violin photography by Jerome Skiscim.