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In Focus: A 1705 violin by Antonio Maria Lavazza

2025-10-17T08:46:00

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Claudio Amighetti examines an instrument by the little-known maker

Since he died very young, little is known about the life of Antonio Maria Lavazza. He was a member of one of the five families who formed the famous ‘Milanese school’: the Grancinos, the Lavazzas, the Testores, the Landolfis and the Mantegazzas…

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