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Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista

Cremona · 1711 to 1786

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916. Scan 14.

Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista. Cremona, 1711-1786. Son. Finest instruments made in Piacenza and Parma. Extensively copied by Italians, French and English.

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Same name

Guadagnini
No town printed · worked 1695 to 1750
Guadagnini, Ant
No town printed · b. 1831, d. 1881
Guadagnini, Carlo
Turin · 1780 to 1839
Guadagnini, Felice
Turin · about 1835
Guadagnini, Felice (or Felix)
No town printed · about 1835
Guadagnini, Felice I.
Turin · 1834 to 1835

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 28 more Guadagnini pages under G.

Same town, same time

118 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

1703 Romarius, Antonius
1705 Rota, J.
1711 to 1786 Guadagnini, Giovanni-Battista II
1715 to 1765 Bergonzi, Michel Angiolo
1715 Bomini, Carlo
1718 to 1720 Bergonzi, C.

All Cremona makers

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