“I hope this book will help explain why I became a violin collector — clearly a form of ecstatic madness. I started forming the collection in 1981, but my fascination with violins, playing violins, and violinists goes back much farther, back to my childhood. It has been the musical journey of a lifetime and the great violins, violas and cellos have served as my milestones. Along the way I’ve had many interesting experiences and met some remarkable people. I hope to take you along on that journey. ”

David Fulton

“This is one of the most enjoyable violin books I have ever read. It is a memoir of David Fulton,one of the greatest collectors of recent times, and a catalogue of his collection. He is an engaging, thoughtful and funny writer, bringing humour and anecdote into a serious guide to the many fabulous instruments he has owned, and a rare and honest insight into the background and formation of an obsession.”

— The Strad, February 2022

“…This exquisitely produced tome may suggest a coffee table book in its dimensions and abundant, high-resolution photographic suites devoted to each instrument, but it offers much more than that. Fulton writes in an appealingly clear style, sporting a trademark wry humor and synthesizing elements of memoir with useful advice about the art of collecting. ”

— Strings Magazine, March 2022

“Fulton's new book reads like a humorous conversation that just so happens to cover a considerable amount of history of fine violin-making. While it contains gorgeous photos of every instrument from his collection at every angle ("violin erotica,” as Fulton calls it) as well as database reports documenting each instrument's full history - the fun part is Fulton's personal accounts, which read like a novel.”

— Violinist.com, March 2022

“This book is a treasure, not just as a resource for lovers and players of stringed instruments, but also as a fascinating and often very funny look at the life through the eyes of a most remarkable man, David Fulton. It has my very highest recommendation.”

— James Ehnes