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Alberto Minghi

Pesaro, b. 1916

Pupil of E. Orselli. Spent time in India, Australia, and South Africa but returned to Pesaro in 1951 to take over Orselli’s shop. Fairly prolific maker. Classical models with dark yellow-brown varnish. Three violins and one viola exhibited at Cremona 1956. Minghi Alberto / Discepolo di Orselli da Fe\u{2026} — John Dilworth

Worked Pesaro
Taught by E. Orselli

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MINGHI, Alberto Born 1916 Pesaro Italy. Pupil of E. Orselli. Spent time in India, Australia, and South Africa but returned to Pesaro in 1951 to take over Orselli’s shop. Fairly prolific maker. Classical models with dark yellow-brown varnish. Three violins and one viola exhibited at Cremona 1956. Minghi Alberto / Discepolo di Orselli da Ferrara / Fece in Pesaro / Anno 1956 [Nicolini]

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