Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Guarneri, Pietro Giovanni

Cremona · b. 1655, d. about 1740

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

Old violins and violin lore, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). London: W. Reeves, 1900. Scan 272.
GUARNERI, Pietro Giovanni, eldest son of Andrea, b. Feb. 18, 1655, at Cremona; d. about 1740.
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 253, scan 277.
GUARNERI, Pietro Giovanni, eldest son of Andrea, b. Feb. 18, 1655, at Cremona; d. about 1740.
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 11 more Guarneri pages under G.

Same town, same time

62 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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