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Raffaello Ronchini

1827–1898

Violin and bow maker. Stradivari-derived model. Coarse finish. Yellow-brown varnish. Rafaele Ronchini, Fece / in Fano, Nummero 4 / del 1851 — John Dilworth

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

RONCHINI, Raffaello Born 1827, died 1898 Fano Italy. Violin and bow maker. Stradivari-derived model. Coarse finish. Yellow-brown varnish. Rafaele Ronchini, Fece / in Fano, Nummero 4 / del 1851

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein Geigen- und Bogenmacher des 19. Jahrhunderts, der hauptsächlich als Reparateur einen gewissen Ruf besass.

Karel Jalovec+

Fano. 1851. Worked on the patterns of Stradivari and C. G. Testore. Good wood, brown-yellow varnish. He was a very good hand at repairing.

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