Turin · b. 1777, d. 1854
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
Also recorded as: Pressenda, G. F.
What the books printed
Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 232, scan 254.
PRESSENDA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO.—Turin, Alba, Carmagnola. Born 1777. Died 1854. One of the most important Italian makers of the nineteenth century. His …
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 728, scan 750.
Pressenda, G. F. * 1777. 1820.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
Same name
- Pressenda, G.
- Pressenda, G. F. (merged into Pressenda, Giovanni Francesco)
- Pressenda, Gianfrancesco (merged into Pressenda, G.)
- Pressenda, Giovanni
- Pressenda, Johannes
- Pressenda, Johannes Franciscus
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 1 more Pressenda page under P.
Same town, same time
30 other Turin makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1765 Genova, Giovanni Battista
- 1775 to 1831 Guadagnini, Gaetano I
- 1777 to 1854 Pressenda, Johannes
- 1780 to 1839 Guadagnini, Carlo
- 1780 Pratasini, Giovanni
- 1790 Guadagnini, Lorenzo II