Ferdinando Garimberti
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Garimberti, Ferdinando
(6 January 1894 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian violin maker.
Garimberti was born in Mamiano di Traversetolo. He studied with Romeo Antoniazzi, then Riccardo Antoniazzi; he then worked for Giuseppe Pedrazzini and Leandro Bisiach, and later set up independently in Milan.
Between 1927 and 1949 his instruments won important awards at the exhibitions held at Rome and Cremona. He taught at the International School of Cremona from 1963 to 1966. He died in Milan.
During his long career, his models and style remained almost unvaried. His work is meticulous, very precise and clean, always extremely careful and very elegant. He was discriminating in his choice of wood and he clearly preferred to fashion the backs out of one piece. He applied the varnish with great skill; this varies in consistency and colour depending on the period. The most usual colour is a beautiful red-orange which sometimes becomes lighter towards the centre but is sometimes a darker red.
He also did much repair work and was considered an expert in old Italian violins. He often marked his instruments with a signed label and a brand on the inside.{{cite book | last=Blot | first=Eric | chapter=Emilia e Romagna I | title=Un secolo di liuteria italiana, 1860-1960 - A century of Italian violin making | location=Cremona | publisher=Turris | year=1994 | isbn=88-7929-026-6 }}
"Ferdinando Garimberti, along with Ansaldo Poggi and Giuseppe Ornati, are considered the top 3 modern Italian makers of the 20th century. Many soloists, past and present, own Garimberti and Poggi instruments as they function as good facsimile Stradivaris and Guarneris. As we have seen in the recent sold prices of instruments by Ferdinando Garimberti, Ansaldo Poggi, and Giuseppe Ornati, their investment potential is huge." Poesis String Studio & Violin Experts
References
- {{cite news | url=http://www.maestronet.com/m_library/world_strings/fall83.pdf | title=Bisiach Family | publisher=William Moening & Sons Ltd. | author=Philip J. Kass| year=1983 | accessdate=2007-04-05}}
- {{cite news | url=http://www.maestronet.com/m%5Flibrary/world_strings/index.cfm | title=Selected World of Strings Newsletters | publisher=William Moening & Sons Ltd. | author=Philip J. Kass | year=1982 | accessdate=2007-04-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207183946/http://www.maestronet.com/m_library/world_strings/index.cfm | archive-date=2007-02-07 | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite book | last=Blot | first=Eric | chapter=Emilia e Romagna I | title=Un secolo di liuteria italiana, 1860-1960 - A century of Italian violin making | location=Cremona | publisher=Turris | year=1994 | isbn=88-7929-026-6 }}
External links
- La Liuteria Italiana / Italian Violin Making in the 1800s and 1900s - Umberto Azzolina
- {{Cite book |author-first = Carlo |author-last = Vettori |author-link = Carlo Vettori |year = 1992 |title = I Maestri del Novecento |language = it, en |location = Firenze |publisher = Arte Liutaria |pages = 25–26 |LCCN = 93160943/MN |OCLC = 30318100 }}
- La Liuteria Lombarda del '900 - Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini 2002
- Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers - Marlin Brinser 1978
- {{cite book | last=Vannes | first=Rene | title=Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers (vol.3)| location=Bruxelles | publisher=Les Amis de la musique | year=1985 |orig-year=1951 | oclc=53749830 }}
- {{cite book | last=William | first=Henley | title=Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers | location=Brighton; England | publisher=Amati | year=1969 | isbn=0-901424-00-5 }}
- Walter Hamma, Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Wilhelmshaven 1993, {{ISBN|3-7959-0537-0}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044938/http://www.liuteria-parmense.com/eng/storia_900.htm Liuteria Parmense]
View a fine example of Ferdinando Garimberti violin Milan circa 1931 close-up:
- [https://archive.today/20130203113001/http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1357t.jpg Ferdinando Garimberti Violin Milan 1931 top]
- [https://archive.today/20130204023255/http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1357b.jpg Ferdinando Garimberti Violin Milan 1931 back]
- [https://archive.today/20130203160159/http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1357h.jpg Ferdinando Garimberti Violin Milan 1931 scroll]
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