Venice · about 1695 to 1730
Historical maker
Named in 4 books.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 27, scan 35.
Farinato, Paolo. Worked in Venice about 1700-30. His instruments are not without merit, the pattern is elegant, of the school of Santo Serafino, and the varnish a yellow-red colour.
two machine readings of this page disagree, and neither has been chosen yet
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 27, scan 37. Held as more than one scan.
Farinato, Paolo. Worked in Venice about 1700-30. His instruments are not without merit, the pattern is elegant, of the school of Santo Serafino, and the varnish a yellow-red colour.
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 249, scan 273.
FARINATO, Paolo. Venice about 1700-30; fair maker, Serafino pattern.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 21, scan 43. Held as more than one scan.
FARINATO, PAOLO, Venice, 1695 to 1725.
- Entries from 4 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
44 other Venice makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:
- 1690 to 1715 Gobetti, Francesco (sometimes called Gobit)
- 1695 to 1725 Farinato, P.
- 1695 to 1725 Farinato, Paul
- 1695 to 1760 Guarneri, Pietro(II)
- 1695 Guarnieri, Pietro
- 1695 Mezzano, Frederico (Federigo)