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

Pressenda, Giovanni

b. 1777

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 167.
PRESSENDA, Giovanni, Francesco, Turin. Born in the year 1777. The Violins bearing the label of Pressenda are excellently made, and in many instances …
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The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 161, scan 213.
Pressenda, Giovanni, Francesco, Turin. Born in the year 1777. The Violins bearing the label of Pressenda are excellently made, and in many instances …
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 1 more Pressenda page under P.