Gaetano (I) Guadagnini
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John Dilworth
GUADAGNINI, Gaetano Francesco Lorenzo (I) Born 1750 Milan, died 1817 Turin Italy. Son, pupil, and successor of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, below. Preceded his father from Parma to Turin in 1771, but joined soon after by the family. Worked as his father’s chief assistant alongside his brothers Filippo and Carlo until Giovanni Battista’s death in 1786, dealing with some of the extensive correspondence with Count Cozio di Salabue in this period. Thereafter worked with Carlo as ‘Fratelli Guadagnini’, making guitars and gaining a fine reputation as violin repairers and restorers. On his death the business passed to his nephew, Gaetano (II), son of Carlo, below. Continued to use his father’s label in his own early works up to c.1799. Gaetano Guadagnini / J. B. Guadagnini Filius / Taurini fecit 1775 [Rosengard]
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