Fabrizio Senta
worked 1650–1675
Rare but significant early Turin maker. Amatisé work. Slightly occluded golden-brown varnish of very fine quality. High narrow arch. Soundholes set close to the edge. Long outwardly projecting corners. Ribs sometimes set in a slot cut around the inner edges. Scroll with large open volutes and extra \u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
SENTA, Fabrizio Worked circa. 1650-1675 Turin Italy. Rare but significant early Turin maker. Amatisé work. Slightly occluded golden-brown varnish of very fine quality. High narrow arch. Soundholes set close to the edge. Long outwardly projecting corners. Ribs sometimes set in a slot cut around the inner edges. Scroll with large open volutes and extra quarter-turn behind the eye. Contrastingly slender pegbox. A fine cello (ex- Medici) is housed in the Cherubini Museum, Florence. Fabricius Senta fecit / Taurini anno 1667
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Turin. An instrument of his is mentioned in the catalogue made by B Cristofori (Sept 23, 1716) of the instruments belonging to the Duke of Florenc
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Wenig hervortretender Lauten- und Geigenmacher, der auch in Florenz gearbeitet haben soll. Eine Diskant-Viola di Gamba von ihm in Kopenhagen, eine gute Viola d’ amore in Florenz. Auch im Verzeichniss der Musikinstrumente des Herzogs von Florenz, das Cristofori 1716 angefertigt hat, wird er erwähnt: No. 40 »Un bassetto di Fabrizio Senta, di Turino . . . .«
Karel Jalovec+
Turin ca 1664. One ‘cello is cited, red varnish.
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