1928 Early Gaetano Gadda (Scarampella pupil) 1928 Violin - €3.200

This specimine has been in my family for decades and had been played by my father (who was a s before his passing in 1994. Althought bearing the Scarampella era type lable (I previously thought this was a Scarampella, however, the date makes this impossible), It is almost certain that this specimine was crafted by Scarampella's student Gatto, since Scarampella had already died in 1925. It is most likely that Gatto simply took the older lables that had already been printed out (it is well known that he did this). Gadda himself died in 1955, making this a fairly example of his craftsmanship.

Gaetano Gadda is one of the most famous makers from Mantua. He was a pupil of Stefano Scarampella and started working in Scarampella's workshop in 1919. Shortly after starting to work for this master, Scarampella began to have health problems so many of the violins made in the latter part of Scarampella's life were actually made by Gaetano Gadda. He is considered to be Stefano Scarampella's only true pupil and heir.

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