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Luigi Francesco Valdrighi

1827–1899

Not a violin maker but the compiler of the first universal dictionary of violin makers. His work Nomocheliurgografia Antica e Moderna (Modena, 1884; Bologna, 1967) set the template for subsequent compilers: Lütgendorff, Vannes, Henley et al, and provided much of the first-hand research on which most… — John Dilworth

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VALDRIGHI, Luigi Francesco Born 1827, died 1899 Modena Italy. Not a violin maker but the compiler of the first universal dictionary of violin makers. His work Nomocheliurgografia Antica e Moderna (Modena, 1884; Bologna, 1967) set the template for subsequent compilers: Lütgendorff, Vannes, Henley et al, and provided much of the first-hand research on which most current work has been built.

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