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

Mantegatia, Pietro and Giovanni

Milan · 1750

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 73.
MANTEGATIA (Pietro and Giovanni) — Milan 1750. These two brothers worked in collaboration and seem to have specialised in the manufacture of violas. Their …
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Labels the books quote

  • "Petrus Joannes Mantegatia fecit Mediolani in via S. Margaritae 1765" (Dictionary of Violin makers, 1928)
  • "Pietro Giov. e Fratelli Mantegazza nella contrada di Santa Margarita in Milano al segno dell Angelo 17…" (Dictionary of Violin makers, 1928)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

84 other Milan makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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