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About Ferdinando Garimberti
- 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."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
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