Catalogue of Old Master Violins

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, 1542-1620, is the first known maker of violins, though this distinction is claimed by German writers for a German at an earlier period and also by French writers for a Frenchman, yet at the...