{"product_id":"gaetano-pasta-violin-brescia-c-1750","title":"Gaetano Pasta Violin, Brescia, c.1750, w\/ Moennig Certificate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eLabel\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGaetano Pasta Milanese allievo\u003cbr\u003edell Amati di Cremona , alla\u003cbr\u003ePallada in Brescia 17__\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eMeasurements\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack Length: 350mm\u003cbr\u003eUpper Bout: 162mm\u003cbr\u003eCenter Bout: 111mm\u003cbr\u003eLower Bout: 201mm\u003cbr\u003eStop Length: 187mm\u003cbr\u003eVibrating String Length: 323mm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCondition\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTop: Good condition showing normal wear. Multiple cracks, professionally restored.\u003cbr\u003eBack: Good condition showing normal wear. Small number of cracks, professionally restored.\u003cbr\u003eRibs: Good condition showing normal wear. Minor cracks, professionally restored.\u003cbr\u003eScroll: Good condition showing normal wear. Peg box cracks which have been bushed and restored. Neck grafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCertification\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanied by a certificate of authenticity from William Moennig \u0026amp; Son (1962)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eProvenance\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwner\u003cbr\u003ec.2010 - Chi-Mei Culture Foundation\u003cbr\u003e1962 - Carolyn Foerch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[This violin] has been dated to circa 1750, but whose actual date of construction may well be reconsidered in light of future research. . .The outline follows a pattern much like that of the Rogeris, and the edging -- small, neat, nicely rounded, with curious corners brought almost to an exaggerated teardrop -- are especially reminiscent of the work of Pietro Giacomo Rogeri, the son of Giovanni Battista.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Stringed Instruments of the Milanese Liutai of the Contrada Larga, Journal o fhte Violin Society of America, Vol 14 #3, p. 43-102 by Philip J. Kass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eMaker\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGaetano Pasta (c.1678 - c.1760), son of Bartolomeo Pasta. Pupil of Hieronymus Amati. In 1701, he married the widow of the bowmaker\/maker Stefano Lassigner, inheriting Lassigner's workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gaetano Pasta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52943319793895,"sku":"F2S5686","price":175000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/7414\/9095\/files\/Violin10_FrontCU_c03bccd4-3ebf-477a-8e3e-5df557169f3a.jpg?v=1793383215","url":"https:\/\/www.sharmusic.com\/products\/gaetano-pasta-violin-brescia-c-1750","provider":"Shar Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}