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About Giuseppe Pedrazzini
- Giuseppe Pedrazzini (Pizzighettone, near Cremona, 13 January 1879 – 19 October 1957) was an Italian violin maker.
- He was a pupil of Romeo Antoniazzi in Milan, then began to work on his own there.
- He quickly gained recognition and won awards at various exhibitions, including those in Rome in 1920 and in Cremona in 1937.
- He modelled his instruments after various patterns, especially those of Stradivari, G.B.
- Guadagnini and Amati, all of which he interpreted freely.
- Tonally his work is among the best of the early 20th-century Italian makers.
- He was a meticulous and elegant craftsman; the scrolls of his instruments are always deeply carved, and the symmetrically rounded curves of the bouts and flanks provide a distinctive touch.
- Besides new instruments, he made a number of skilful antiqued copies.
- He used a variety of different labels and, depending on the period, one of three different brands.
- A good part of his output was exported, and he had particularly close ties with Hawkes & Son (later Boosey & Hawkes) in London.
- Among his pupils and associates were Ferdinando Garimberti, P.
- Parravicini and his nephew N.
- Novelli.
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