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In Focus: A c.1880–90 viola by Enrico Marchetti

2026-02-27T09:11:00

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Sean Bishop examines the late-nineteenth-century instrument

Enrico Marchetti can today be regarded as perhaps the last link between the Turin luthiers of the mid-19th century and the makers of the first quarter of the 20th. Born in 1855 in Milan, he worked with Luigi Bajoni and Gaetano Rossi at a young age, before moving to Turin aged 19. His labels nearly always mention his Milanese heritage…

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