Brescia School

The Brescia City, which located in the northern Italy, had long been famous for its industry in making string instruments and organs. In the 16th century, the first viola maker in history, Zanetto Micheli da Montichiaro(c. 1489-c. 1561), who was also the founder of the Brescia School, started his lengthy life as a luthier in Brescia.

Caspar Da Salo Violin

During this century, Zanetto, Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo and Maggini had lead the violin-making industry of Brescia to the peak altogether. These luthiers had made a significant and unfading history in violin making.

Violin, Brescian school, ca. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. This violin, possibly made in the northern Italian city of Brescia, has geometric inlay on the back and a carved lion at the top of neck, in place of the conventional scroll and pegbox.

Museum Violin Da Salome

Museum Violin Da Salon

Gasparo Da Salo Violin

Nov 18, 2020 - Explore Antonio R.' S board 'Gasparo Da Salo' on Pinterest. See more ideas about violin, music museum, violin family. An Amati violin dating to 1570 and a Gasparo da Salo violin dating. Recorded scales played on the 15 antique instruments played by a professional violinist and recorded at Taiwan's Chimei Museum. Nov 28, 2013 - Viola by Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo, Brescia, before 1609. Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1580-c. 1630), born at Botticino (near Brescia, Italy), apprenticed with the master violin maker Gasparo da Salo. His early products show a strong Gasparo influence but are marked by rather crude workmanship.