Ferrara

25 makers. The earliest year printed is 1508, the latest 1885.

Every maker here has Ferrara in a printed line.

1500s

• 1508 Gelmini, Geminiano
  Gelmini, Geminiano. — Ferrara. 1508.
• 1549 Calabri, Pier Vittorio di
  Calabri, Pier Vittorio di. — Ferrara. 1549. 1551.
• 1566 Grappello, Giovanni Marco
  Grappello, Giovanni Marco. — Ferrara. 1566.
• 1568 Fontana, Giovanni
  Fontana, Giovanni. — Ferrara. 1568.
• 1580 Pazzavola, Giovanni
  Pazzavola, Giovanni. — Ferrara. 1580.
• 1591 Cricca, Alfonso
  Cricca, Alfonso. — Ferrara. 1591.
• 1591 Paianino, Marco
  Paianino, Marco. — Ferrara. 1591
• 1591 Paiarino, Marco
  Paiarino, Marco. — Ferrara. 1591.
• 1594 Cricca, Giulio
  Cricca, Giulio. — Ferrara. 1594.

1600s

• 1690 to 1720 Mezadri, A.
  Mezadri, A., Ferrara—1690-1720.
• 1690 to 1722 Mezadri, Alessandro
  Mezadri, Alessandro, Ferrara, 1690—1722. The pattern is inelegant, and the sound-holes too close.
• 1690 to 1722 Mezzadie
  MEZZADIE, Ferrara, 1690—1722. The pattern is inelegant, and the sound-holes are too close.
• 1690 Mezzadri, Alessandro
  Mezzadri, Alessandro. — Ferrara. 1690. 1732
• 1695 to 1715 Dominicelli
  DOMINICELLI, ——, Ferrara, 1695 to 1715.

1700s

• about 1700 Mezzadie, Alexander
  MEZZADIE, ALEXANDER, Ferrara, about 1700. A good maker who followed the Amati style, and is reckoned by Fetis as one of that school.
• 1767 Marconcini, L.
  Marconcini, L., Ferrara—1767.
• 1768 Marconi?, Luigi
  Marconi?, Luigi. — Ferrara. 1768
• 1774 to 1841 Marconcini, Giuseppe
  Marconcini, Giuseppe. — Ferrara. Geb. um 1774, † 17. Jan. 1841
• 1780 Fiorillo, G.
  Fiorillo, G., Ferrara—1780.
• 1780 Fiorillo, Giovanni
  Fiorillo, Giovanni. Working in Ferrara in 1780. His instruments are made both on German and Italian patterns, the sound-holes are like those of Stainer. His violoncellos are among his best instruments.
• 1780 Viorillo, Giovanni
  Viorillo, Giovanni. A maker in Ferrara, 1780. Followed the Stainer pattern.

1800s

• 1830 Marconcini, Gaetano
  Marconcini, Gaetano. — Ferrara. 1830
• born 1877 Soffritti, Ettore or Hector
  SOFFRITTI (Ettore or Hector) — Ferrara. Contemporary master maker born at Ferrara in 1877. He learnt his art with his father Louis Soffritti who was himself …
• 1885 Soffritti, Ettore
  Soffritti, Ettore. — Ferrara. 1885. 1911

No year printed

• no year Marconcini, Luigi
  Marconcini, Luigi. A pupil of Omobono Stradivari, who worked both in Ferrara and Bologna. His instruments are of good workmanship, with pale red varnish. Labels: "Luigi Marconcini f. Bologna," and "Luigi Marconcini in Ferrara, 1767."

The books that name them

• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, 1896
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1884
• Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, 1866
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, Hart, 1880
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.