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Frei, Hans

Bologna · 1597

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 113, scan 159.
Frei, Hans, Bologna, 1597. Lute and Viol-maker. There is an instrument of this make at the Bologna Academy of Music. It is probable there was a family connection between Hans Frey, of Nuremberg, and this maker.
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The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 106, scan 162.
FREI, Hans, Bologna, 1597. Lute and Viol-maker. There is an instrument of this make at the Bologna Academy of Music. It is probable there was a family connexion between Hans Frey, of Nuremberg, and this maker.
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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 128.
FREI, Hans, Bologna, 1597. Lute and Viol-maker. There is an instrument of this make at the Bologna Academy of Music. It is probable there was a family connexion between Hans Frey, of Nuremberg, and this maker.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same town, same time

8 other Bologna makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:

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