- Franco Albanelli
Franco Albanelli (
August 25 ,1933 -July 1 ,2007 ) was an Italianviolin maker, a pupil ofGaetano Pollastri .Albanelli was born in Castel San Pietro, near
Bologna . His workmanship has always shown a clear inspiration to the Pollastri style and his instruments are now all around the world.He made not more than 40 instruments, including vey few violas and cellos, and won a Gold medal inBagnacavallo in the '60s.Mostly red varnish.He died in
San Lazzaro di Savena in 2007.References
*"Il Suono di Bologna, Da Raffaele Fiorini ai grandi maestri del Novecento". Catalogo della Mostra nella chiesa di San Giorgio in Poggiale", Bologna 2002. ISBN 88-85250-06-8
*Eric Blot, "Un secolo di Liuteria Italiana 1860-1960 - A century of Italian Violin Making - Emilia e Romagna I", Cremona 1994. ISBN 88-7929-026-6
*Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers -Marlin Brinser 1978
*The Strad January 1984 Bologna - A living tradition of Violin Making
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