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Garani, Nicola

Naples · about 1700

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 35, scan 43.
Garani, Nicola. Worked in Naples about 1700. Made fair instruments on the Gagliano pattern; used plain wood and yellow varnish.
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 35, scan 45. Held as more than one scan.
Garani, Nicola. Worked in Naples about 1700. Made fair instruments on the Gagliano pattern; used plain wood and yellow varnish.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 251, scan 275.
GARANI, Nicola. 1700. Fair instruments, Gagliano pattern; plain wood, yellow varnish.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 25, scan 47. Held as more than one scan.
GARANI, NICOLA, Naples, about 1700.
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  • 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. 3 more Garani pages under G.

Same town, same time

73 other Naples makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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