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

Balestrieri, Pietro

Cremona · about 1725 to 1735

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

Cremona. Eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente, 1919. p. 17.
As printed on this page: "BALESTRIERI, Pietro, Cremona 1735, Bruder des Vorigen. Arbeitete immer in Cremona, aber sehr mittelmässig."
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 6, scan 14.
Balestrieri (Balestieri), Pietro, brother of Tommaso. His instruments are inferior. He worked at Cremona about 1725.
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  • Entries from 2 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.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

118 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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