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Martino Ott

Fussen, b. 1624

1703 Bologna Italy. Rare maker. Very Italianate work. Finely textured red-brown varnish. Amati model but rather unsophisticated craftsmanship. The inventory of the Marquis Carbonelli, dated 1740, lists a violin by Martino Othi Bolognese ‘revised by Antonio Stradivari, 1723’. [Chiesa/Rosengard] — John Dilworth

Worked Fussen

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John Dilworth+

OTT (OTHI, OTTI), Martino Born 1624 Füssen, Worked circa. 1703 Bologna Italy. Rare maker. Very Italianate work. Finely textured red-brown varnish. Amati model but rather unsophisticated craftsmanship. The inventory of the Marquis Carbonelli, dated 1740, lists a violin by Martino Othi Bolognese ‘revised by Antonio Stradivari, 1723’. [Chiesa/Rosengard]

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