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Antonio Caruso

Noto, Sicily, 1929–1993

Known as ‘Patovai’. Workshop near the Theatre in Noto from 1944. Many of his violins used in the Naples Conservatoire. Also maker of plucked instruments. — John Dilworth

Worked Noto, Sicily
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John Dilworth+

CARUSO, Antonio Born 1929, died 1993 Noto, Sicily Italy. Known as ‘Patovai’. Workshop near the Theatre in Noto from 1944. Many of his violins used in the Naples Conservatoire. Also maker of plucked instruments.

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