Cremona · 1720 to 1772
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
Also recorded as: Balestrieri, Tomaso
What the books printed
The fiddle fancier's guide, Fleming, James M.. London, Haynes, Foucher & co., 1892. Scan 51.
BALESTRIERI, T., Cremona and Mantua, 1720—1772. A very good maker indeed. Some of his work is remarkably like that of Stradivari in almost all points, except finish. Powerful and good quality of tone.
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 31.
BALESTRIERI (Tomaso) — Cremona and Mantua circa 1730-1770. Make of heavy aspect but bearing personality and generally with a powerful tone. A pupil …
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
Same name
- Balestrieri, P.
- Balestrieri, Pietro
- Balestrieri, Thom
- Balestrieri, Thomas
- Balestrieri, Tomaso (merged into Balestrieri, T.)
- Balestrieri, Tommaso
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:
- 1720 to 1744 Albanesi, Sebastiano
- 1720 to 1744 Albanesi, Sebastianus
- about 1720 Anselmi, Pietro
- 1720 to 1772 Baestrieri, T.
- 1720 to 1760 Bergonzi, M. A.
- 1720 to 1760 Bergonzi, Michael Angelo