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

Tedesco, Leopoldo

Rome · b. 1625

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

Also recorded as: Tedesco, Leopoldo(il)

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 91, scan 101. Held as more than one scan.
Tedesco (Todesco), Leopoldo, b. 1625. Was a pupil of Nicola Amati in Cremona, 1653-54. Afterwards worked in Rome; a violin dated from there in 1658 is made on the Amati pattern, and has good varnish, but the work is not highly finished.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 650, scan 672.
Tedesco (Todesco), Leopoldo(il). — Rom. Geb. um 1625. 1658.
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

27 other Rome makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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