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

Castro

Venice · 1680 to 1720

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 101, scan 157.
CASTRO, Venice, 1680—1720. The wood is of good figure generally. The outline is defective; the middle bouts are too long to be proportionate. Sound-hole roughly worked. Varnish red, the quality of which is scarcely up to the Venetian standard.
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The violin, 1909. Page 107, scan 151. Held as more than one scan.
CASTRO, Venice, 1680-1720. The wood is of good figure generally. The outline is defective; the middle bouts are too long to be proportionate. Sound-hole roughly worked. Varnish red, the quality of which is scarcely up to the Venetian standard.
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Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
  • May be the same person as Castro

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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