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Caspan, Giampietro

Venice · about 1650

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 15, scan 23.
Caspan, Giampietro. Worked in Venice about 1650. He followed the Amati pattern. His violins are small, with yellow varnish.
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 15, scan 25.
Caspan, Giampietro. Worked in Venice about 1650. He followed the Amati pattern. His violins are small, with yellow varnish.
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

44 other Venice makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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