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Giovanni (Johannes) Railich

b. 1623

Son of Pietro Railich, below. Active in Padua at the ‘Bottega di Lautaro al Santo’ 1665-1680. Maker of plucked instruments. Some sources note violins with his label but these are presently unknown and are assumed to be falsifications. Giovanni Railich / Lautaro in Padova, 1673 — John Dilworth

Family Son of Pietro Railich

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

RAILICH, Giovanni (Johannes) Born 1623 Bayerniederhofen Germany, Worked 1665-1680 Padua Italy. Son of Pietro Railich, below. Active in Padua at the ‘Bottega di Lautaro al Santo’ 1665-1680. Maker of plucked instruments. Some sources note violins with his label but these are presently unknown and are assumed to be falsifications. Giovanni Railich / Lautaro in Padova, 1673

Cecie Stainer+

Worked in Padua about 1690. Label: ” Giovanni Railich lautaro in Padova.”

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Jedenfalls ein Verwandter von Pietro R. Von ihm dürfte eine Calascione in der Sammlung Correr in Venedig herrühren.

Karel Jalovec+

Instruments of the flat Florentine type, coated with yellow varnish. He was the teacher of Math. Klotz, whose journey- man’s certificate bears the signature Zuane Railihe.

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