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Antonio Calace

Procida, 1828–1876

Credited as the inventor of the modern style of mandolin with steel strings and machine tuning heads. Manuscript labels: Antonio Calace / Fabbricante di chitarre / Strada Mezzo-Canone no 32 — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

CALACE, Antonio Born 1828 Procida, died 1876 Naples Italy. Credited as the inventor of the modern style of mandolin with steel strings and machine tuning heads. Manuscript labels: Antonio Calace / Fabbricante di chitarre / Strada Mezzo-Canone no 32

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