Celeste Farotti

Celeste Farotti (1864 – 1928) is to be considered one of the best Violin makers in the modern Milanese school. Although his apprenticeship is uncertain, it is known that he completed his training in the workshop of Leandro Bisiach, finally opening his own shop around 1900 in Milano.

He was a good conoisseurs of Italian violin making and a gifted copyist as well. [* cite paper| url=http://www.ericblot.com/editoria/testi/Testo_Farotti.htm | title=Giovanni Iviglia - Celeste Farotti “Portrait of a violin maker”]

Celeste, after an accident during a mountain trip, stopped his work and the shop activity was continued by the nephew Celestino Farotto (born 1905), till his death. [* cite paper| url=http://www.ericblot.com/editoria/testi/Testo_Farotti.htm | title=Giovanni Iviglia - Celeste Farotti “Portrait of a violin maker”]

Celeste Farotti is one of the most interesting and talked about Italian violin makers of the early 20th century. There is sometimes an air of mystery surrounding his work and there are indeed many legends about him, just as there are about most of the violin makers who made many "copies" of instruments which were made to look old. In fact, like Gaetano Sgarabotto or Vincenzo Sannino (to mention just two of his contemporanies) he frequently enjoyed reproducing the wear and tear of antique instruments.

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External links

* [http://www.cello.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=InstrumentDetailPage&InstrumentID=182 A beautiful example of a Celeste Farotti Cello, 1903]

References

*La Liuteria Italiana / Italian Violin Making in the 1800s and 1900s - Umberto Azzolina
*I Maestri Del Novicento - Carlo Vettori
*La Liuteria Lombarda del '900 - Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini 2002
*Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers - Marlin Brinser 1978
*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=8879290266
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