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Lavazza, Antonio Maria

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708.”

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    2. Lautten, L. W. A maker in the Tyrol. One "fine and handsome" violin known.
    4. Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: "Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708."
    6. Lavazza, Santino. Was working in Milan at the same time as Antonio Maria Lavazza. Label: "Santino Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1718."

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708.”

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    Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708”

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    2. Lautten, L. W. A maker in the Tyrol. One "fine and handsome" violin known.
    4. Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: "Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708."
    6. Lavazza, Santino. Was working in Milan at the same time as Antonio Maria Lavazza. Label: "Santino Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1718."

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    2. Lautten, L. W. A maker in the Tyrol. One "fine and handsome" violin known.
    4. Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: "Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708"
    6. Lavazza, Santino. Was working in Milan at the same time as Antonio Maria Lavazza. Label: "Santino Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1718."

  3. Old violins (1905)

    LAVAZZA (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. Milan about 1700; Stradivari pattern; good varnish, pale red.

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    1. LARCHER, Pierre. Tours, 1785. Pupil of Guersan, Paris, but work dissimilar; brown varnish of poor quality.
    2. LASKA, Joseph. 1738-1805, Prague. Pupil of J. Kolditz; worked for best makers in Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, and Brünn; his violins popular in Bohemia, Saxony, and Poland.
    3. LAUTTEN, L. W. Tyrol. One "fine and handsome" violin known.
    4. LAVAZZA (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. Milan about 1700; Stradivari pattern; good varnish, pale red.
    5. LAVAZZA, Santino. Was working in Milan at the same time as Antonio Maria Lavazza.
    6. LEB. Pressburg, eighteenth century; one of the best German makers of his time.

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Not established: that is this record’s honest state, resting on one thing alone — A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896); Old violins (1905), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 3 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. No claim beyond what is printed there has been invented here. If more can be said, write in and tell us.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708.” reported1
Places and dates of work
Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708” reported1
Places and dates of work
Lavazza (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. A maker in Milan about 1700. Followed the Stradivari pattern, used a good varnish, pale red colour. Label: “Antonio Maria Lavazza fece in Milano in contrada larga, 1708.” reported1
Places and dates of work
LAVAZZA (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. Milan about 1700; Stradivari pattern; good varnish, pale red. reported1

How the pages were read

4 of the 4 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”, “DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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