Instrumental loans

Loan periods

As a rule, the loan period is ca. five years, and consecutive loans of the same instrument are not permitted. However, the most valuable instruments in the collection can be granted to the same person for another or even for a third loan period. Some instruments have specific requirements concerning their regional usage.

Who May Apply

The instruments are lent primarily to persons permanently residing in Finland. A Finnish applicant's studies abroad make an exception to this rule.

Grant Decisions

An instrument loan can be applied for during the March Round of Applications. Applications should be submitted using the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Online Application Service. Applications close at 4 pm Finnish time on the last day of the application period.

A committee of experts of the instrument collection makes the proposals to the Finnish Cultural Foundation board of trustees. The decisions will be released at the latest by the end of May.

Instruments for loan 2021

Violins

• Giovanni Battista Guadagnini II, Parma 1760
• Pierre & Hippolyte Silvestre I, Lyon 1838
  Primarily intended for musicians from Satakunta
• Joseph Hel, Lille 1889
  Primarily intended for musicians from Varsinais-Suomi
• Patrick Robin I (Medaille d´or Paris), Angers 1991
• Anon. "Antonio Stradivari 1699"

Violas

• Andrea Robin-Frandsen, Angers 1996
• Gerriet Groth, Wiesbaden (1980)

Cellos

• Charles Jacquot, Paris 1856
  Primarily intended for musicians from Varsinais-Suomi
• Justin Derazey, Mirecourt ca. 1860
  Primarily intended for musicians from North Karelia

Viola da Gamba Quintet

• Dietrich Kessler / Henner Harders 1999-2001