Antonio Maria Lausa
Brescia, worked 1650–1715
A dubious attribution in Henley, Vannes et al. No maker of this name has been identified in known studies of the Brescian archive and it may be a later falsification, although Vannes indicates a possible confusion with Antonio Maria Lavazza of Milan. Copies of Maggini. — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
LAUSA (LANZA), Antonio Maria Worked 1650-1715 Brescia Italy. A dubious attribution in Henley, Vannes et al. No maker of this name has been identified in known studies of the Brescian archive and it may be a later falsification, although Vannes indicates a possible confusion with Antonio Maria Lavazza of Milan. Copies of Maggini. Antonio Maria Lausa fecit / Bresciae. Ao. 1656
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Brescia about 1675. He followed the patterns of Gasparo da Salo and Maggini; his instruments were well made, with red-brown varnish, and had a good tone.
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