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Grancino, Giovanni

Milan · 1645 to 1730

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

Biographical dictionary of musicians, Brown, James Duff. Paisley, London: A. Gardner, 1886. p. 286.
As printed on this page: "GRANCINO (Giovanni). Italian violin-maker of 17th and 18th centuries. Worked at Milan about 1694-1720. He made good instruments. His father, PAOLO, worked at Milan during 1665-92."
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 27. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "GRANCINO, GIOVANNI I, Milan, 1645 to 1682."
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 252, scan 276.
Grancino, Giovanni, son of Paolo Grancino. Milan 1690-1730.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and somebody judged them different people. That is being looked at again.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 16 more Grancino pages under G.

Same town, same time

28 other Milan makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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