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Alberti, Ferdinando

Milan · 1737 to 1760

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Scan 10.
Alberti, Ferdinando, A maker in Milan, 1740-60. His instruments are fairly well made and varnished bright yellow. Label: "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada del pesce al segno della Corona, nell' anno 1743."
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Scan 12. Held as more than one scan.
Alberti, Ferdinando. A maker in Milan, 1740-60. His instruments are fairly well made and varnished bright yellow. Label: "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada del pesce al segno della Corona, nell' anno 1743."
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Scan 12. Held as more than one scan.
Alberti, Ferdinando, A maker in Milan, 1740-60. His instruments are fairly well made and varnished bright yellow. Label: "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada del pesce al segno della Corona, nell' anno 1743."
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Scan 263.
ALBERTI, Ferdinando. Milanese; yellow varnish. Label: "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada delle pesce al segno della Corona, nel anno 1740-60."
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Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 27.
ALBERTI (Ferdinando) — Milan circa 1755. Graceful instruments, a little arched, yellow varnish. Grancino style. No 368.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 11, scan 33. Held as more than one scan.
ALBERTI, FERDINANDO, Milan, 1737 to 1760.
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Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada del pesce al segno della Corona, nell' anno 1743." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada delle pesce al segno della Corona, nel anno 1740-60." (Old violins, 1905)
  • "Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada del pesce al segno della Corona, nell' anno 1743." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

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

Same town, same time

84 other Milan makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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