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Testore, Carlo

Milan · about 1687 to 1765

Historical maker

Named in 6 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. p. 92.
As printed on this page: "…s very powerful. When the well-known Lindley "Grancino" violoncello was repaired in 1884, the removal of the Cremona label exposed the original label in good preservation, as follows: "Carlo Giuseppe Testore allievo di Gio. Grancino in Contrada Larga di Milano, 1690." A double-bass of his was played on by the celebrated Bottesini at concerts; it had a splendid tone. Label: "Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Cont…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 91.
As printed on this page: "Testore, Carlo Antonio, eldest son of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, from whom he learnt his trade. Worked in Milan, in the Contrada Larga, at the sign of the Eagle (dell' aquila), about 1735-65; according to one l…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 92.
As printed on this page: "…e was very powerful. When the well-known Lindley "Grancino" violoncello was repaired in 1844, by Andreas Engleder of Munich, the original label, in good preservation, read as follows: "Carlo Giuseppe Testore allievo di Gio. Grancino in Contrada Larga di Milano, 1690." A double-bass of his was played on by the celebrated Bottesini at concerts; it had a splendid tone. Label: "Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Cont…"
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 10.
As printed on this page: "Carlo Antonio Testore figlio maggiore del fu Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada larga al segno dell'Aquila. 1740"
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919. Page 942, scan 984.
Testo're, Carlo Giuseppe; Carlo Antonio; and Paolo Antonio; father and two sons, Milanese violin-makers from about 1687–1754.
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Catalog of rare old violins, violas, violoncellos, bows of rare makes, 1921. p. 17.
As printed on this page: "CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE, MILAN, 1724"
A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments, London: W. Reeves, 1875. p. 90.
As printed on this page: "Testore, Carlo Antonio, 66."
  • Entries from 6 books stand under this name, and somebody judged them different people. That is being looked at again.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 7 more Testore pages under T.

Same town, same time

28 other Milan makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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