Regarded as the father of the modern Turin school, Giovanni Francesco Pressenda was certainly one of the great violin makers of the 19th century. This fine cello is a wonderful example of his command of the craft. With its one-piece back and brilliant flames surrounding the entirety of the ribs, this cello is a prime example of an instrument that looks as good as it sounds. It possesses a magnificent and intense, yet honed, power from bottom to top. It has a wonderfully even tone and is immediate to respond.
An beautiful cello by
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO PRESSENDA
Turin, c. 1835
29"
Photo: Matthew Tolzmann
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- Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’, Cremona, c. 1717
- GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUADAGNINI, Milan, 1753
- Gasparo da Salò, Brescia
- Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume Paris, 1826, No. 41
- SANTO SERAFIN, Venice, 1730
- ANDREA GUARNERI, Cremona, c. 1663, “Fritz Hirt”
- GAGLIANO JOSEPH, Naples, c1780
- ENRICO ROCCA, Genoa, 1905
- ENRICO CLODOVEO MELEGARI, Turin, 1889
- GIOVANNI CAVANI, Modena, 1917
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