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Gaetano Dionelli

Mantua, 1800–1870

Pupil of Dall’Aglio. Worked in the style of Scarampella. Known particularly for cellos and basses. Good orange or red spirit varnish. Gaetano Dionelli / fece in Mantova l’anno 1866 — John Dilworth

Worked Mantua

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

DIONELLI, Gaetano Born 1800, died 1870 Mantua Italy. Pupil of Dall’Aglio. Worked in the style of Scarampella. Known particularly for cellos and basses. Good orange or red spirit varnish. Gaetano Dionelli / fece in Mantova l’anno 1866

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Unbedeutender Geigenmacher des 19. Jahrhunderts.

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