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Guadagnini, Giambattista

Turin · b. 1711, d. 1786

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 27, scan 49. Held as more than one scan.
GUADAGNINI, GIAMBATTISTA, Piacenza, Turin, b. Cremona, 1711, d. Turin, 1786. Son of Lorenzo, and a scholar of Stradivarius, as was his father. He built his
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 40, scan 50.
Guadagnini, Giambattista, son of Lorenzo, b. 1711 at Cremona; d. Sept. 18, 1786, at Turin. Possibly worked under Antonio Stradivari in Cremona before …
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Cremonensis fecit Taurini, 1776" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 28 more Guadagnini pages under G.

Same town, same time

30 other Turin makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Turin makers