Ferdinando Garimberti
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Garimberti, Ferdinando
was an Italian violin maker.
Garimberti was born in Mamiano di Traversetolo. He studied with Romeo Antoniazzi
, then Riccardo Antoniazzi
; he then worked for Giuseppe Pedrazzini
and Leandro Bisiach
, and later set up independently in Milan
.
Between 1927 and 1949 his instruments won important awards at the exhibitions held at Rome
and Cremona
. He taught at the International School of Cremona from 1963 to 1966. He died in Madrid.
During his long career his models and style remained almost unvaried. His work is meticulous, very precise and clean, always extremely careful and very elegant. He was discriminating in his choice of wood and he clearly preferred to fashion the backs out of one piece. He applied the varnish with great skill; this varies in consistency and colour depending on the period. The most usual colour is a beautiful red-orange which sometimes becomes lighter towards the centre but is sometimes a darker red.
He also did much repair work and was considered an expert in old Italian violins. He often marked his instruments with a signed label and a brand on the inside.
View a fine example of Ferdinando Garimberti violin Milan circa 1931 close-up:
was an Italian violin maker.
Garimberti was born in Mamiano di Traversetolo. He studied with Romeo Antoniazzi
Romeo Antoniazzi
Romeo Antoniazzi was the eighth son and pupil of Gaetano Antoniazzi.Initially he worked with his father and brother and like them made instruments for Leandro Bisiach....
, then Riccardo Antoniazzi
Riccardo Antoniazzi
Riccardo Antoniazzi , Italian violin maker, the sixth child and pupil of Gaetano , was the ablest and most consistent violin maker of his family. Unfortunately he lived somewhat in the shadow of Leandro Bisiach and he did not sign many of the instruments from his best period...
; he then worked for Giuseppe Pedrazzini
Giuseppe Pedrazzini
Giuseppe Pedrazzini -. Italian violin maker. He was a pupil of Romeo Antoniazzi in Milan, then began to work on his own there....
and Leandro Bisiach
Leandro Bisiach
-Biography:Leandro Bisiach was a violin maker born in Casale Monferrato Italy and died in 1945 at Venegono Superiore.Trained as a violinist, he made his first violin on his own and received praise for it. Thus he decided to become a violin maker and moved to Milan to work with the Antoniazzi...
, and later set up independently in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
.
Between 1927 and 1949 his instruments won important awards at the exhibitions held at Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
. He taught at the International School of Cremona from 1963 to 1966. He died in Madrid.
During his long career his models and style remained almost unvaried. His work is meticulous, very precise and clean, always extremely careful and very elegant. He was discriminating in his choice of wood and he clearly preferred to fashion the backs out of one piece. He applied the varnish with great skill; this varies in consistency and colour depending on the period. The most usual colour is a beautiful red-orange which sometimes becomes lighter towards the centre but is sometimes a darker red.
He also did much repair work and was considered an expert in old Italian violins. He often marked his instruments with a signed label and a brand on the inside.
External links
- La Liuteria Italiana / Italian Violin Making in the 1800s and 1900s - Umberto Azzolina
- I Maestri Del Novicento - Carlo Vettori
- La Liuteria Lombarda del '900 - Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini 2002
- Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers - Marlin Brinser 1978
- Walter HammaWalter HammaWalter Hamma was a German violin maker.His father was the violin maker Fridolin Hamma. Walter Hamma was pupil of the violin making school in Mittenwald 1933-1935. He worked with Ferdinand Jaura and later for Caressa & Francais in Paris. During the second world war the workshop in Stuttgart was...
, Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Wilhelmshaven 1993, ISBN 3-7959-0537-0 - Liuteria Parmense
View a fine example of Ferdinando Garimberti violin Milan circa 1931 close-up:
