Paganini's Cannon is fine, microcracks under control - Science and art. The most famous violin in the world, the Cannone by Niccolò Paganini, 'is fine, the microfractures are under control': Bruce Carlston, conservator of the instrument.
Built in 1743 by the luthier Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri, known as 'del Gesù', the Cannon adds to the problems of age those linked to accident which occurred in Paris.