- Giuseppe Ornati
Giuseppe Ornati - (b.
Albairate near Milan 1887 - d.Milan 1965).Considered to be one of the greatest violin makers of his time, he trained as a carpenter and then received the first notions of violin making from the amateur maker Carlo Moneta.
Towards 1903, he went to work at the workshop of
Leandro Bisiach , where he stayed for some years working alongsideGaetano Sgarabotto .Distinguished from the outset by the skill and precision of his work, he made many instruments and carried out repairs for Bisiach until 1919, by which time he already had his own workshop.
A prize-winner at the competition of
Rome in 1920 and in numerous exhibitions, he taught at the violin-making school inCremona from 1961 to 1963.His production is characterized by accuracy and elegance. [La Liuteria Lombarda del '900 - Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini 2002]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| date=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| date=1982 | accessdate=2007-04-05
*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=8879290266External links
*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
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* [http://www.liuteria-parmense.com/eng/storia_900.htm Liuteria Parmense]View a fine example of Giuseppe Ornati violin Milan circa 1921 close-up:
[http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1461t.jpgGiuseppe Ornati Milan 1921 top.]
[http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1461b.jpgGiuseppe Ornati Milan 1921 back.]
[http://www.tarisio.com/photos/photos_g/g1461h.jpgGiuseppe Ornati Milan 1921 scroll.]
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