Editing Isaac Stern (section)

==Instruments==
[[File:Isaac Stern 1979.jpg|thumb|Isaac Stern playing with one hand in 1979]]
Stern's favorite instrument was the [[Ysaÿe Guarnerius]], one of the violins produced by the [[Cremonese]] [[luthier]] [[Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Jeff Bradley | title=Stern, Shostakovich, Gedda stories on shelves | url=http://extras.denverpost.com/books/music1205.htm  | work=The Denver Post | date=5 December 1999 | access-date=21 July 2007}}</ref>  It had previously been played by the violin virtuoso and composer [[Eugène Ysaÿe]].

Among other instruments, Stern played the "Kruse-Vormbaum" [[Stradivarius]] (1728), the "ex-Stern" Bergonzi (1733), the "Panette" Guarneri del Gesù (1737), a Michele Angelo Bergonzi (1739–1757), the "[[Arma Senkrah]]" Guadagnini (1750), a Giovanni Guadagnini (1754), a [[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume|J. B. Vuillaume]] copy of the "Panette" Guarneri del Gesu of 1737 (c.1850), and the "ex-Nicolas I" J.B. Vuillaume (1840). He also owned two contemporary instruments by [[Samuel Zygmuntowicz]] and modern Italian [[Jago Peternella]] Violins.

In May 2003, Stern's collection of instruments, bows and musical ephemera was sold through [[Tarisio Auctions]]. The auction set a number of world records and was at the time the second highest grossing violin auction of all time, with total sales of over $3.3M.<ref>Keough, James. "Stern's Stars." ''Strings.'' August/September 2003, No. 112.</ref>