Budiani, Giovita

BUDIANI, Giovita, Brescia, 1580—1620. Many of these instruments have been attributed to Maggini. The purfling is doubled. Signor Dragonetti is said to have possessed a Double-Bass by this maker, which he strung with four strings. Dragonetti preferred playing upon three-stringed instruments.

Same name

• Budiani, Giavetta
  No town printed · 1580 to 1618
• Budiani, Giavetta (more correctly, Giovita Rodiani)
  No town printed · about 1580 to 1620
• Budiani, J.
  Brescia · 1580 to 1620
• Budiani, Javietta
  Brescia · 16th century

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

Same town, same time

25 other Brescia makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:

• 1580 to 1600 Bente, M.
• about 1580 Bente, Matteo
• 1580 to 1637 Benti, Matteo
• 1580 to 1620 Budiani, J.
• 1580 to 1631 Maggini, Giovanni Paolo
• 1590 to 1640 Maggini, G. P.

All Brescia makers