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In Focus: A 1942 violin by Arturo Fracassi

2025-07-04T08:42:00

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Leonardo Cella examines the mid-century instrument by the Italian maker

Arturo Fracassi was born in 1899 in Sant’Angelo di Gatteo, a small village in the province of Cesena, near Rimini. He began studying the violin at a very young age and soon founded a musical ensemble, which became quite active during that time. Initially, he played a German-made violin that apparently did not fully satisfy him, prompting him to build one himself…

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