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Giovanni Longiaru

Highest auction price

£2,411

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.8 cm New York, 1926 n°201 Mon 1st February 2010 £2,117
Violin New York, 1925 Fri 1st October 2004 £1,272
Violin 1925 Mon 1st November 1999 £1,632
Violin 1953 Fri 1st December 1995 £1,736
Violin 1943 Sun 1st May 1994 £2,411
Biographies

John Dilworth

LONGIARU, Giovanni Born 1886 Pieve di Cadore Italy. Trained as a wood carver with Gottardo in Venice and studied violin making with G. V. Pezzoni in Cremona. Repairer to the Conservatoire in Venice. Emigrated to New York 1904, and became repairer to the conservatoire there. Completed about 270 instruments; copies of master instruments. Fine workmanship with gold-red varnish of own formulation. Developed the ‘Longiarised Process’ for improved bass bar function. Also made bows in the early part of his career. Giovanni Longiaru / Venice – New York / A.D. 1926. No. 125

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