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Tieffenbrucker family: secret history

2025-09-19T08:27:00

Fig.40a Vendelino Tieffenbrucker lirone SAM 90 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien345

Stefano Pio delves into 16th-century records to discover how the Tieffenbrucker family of makers contributed to the international success of Italian lutherie – including one of the best-known names of the era

The members of the Tieffenbrucker family were among the most successful and influential makers of stringed instruments in 16th-century Italy. Although they were mainly regarded as lute makers, it is known that members of the dynasty also built bowed stringed instruments, and certainly traded in them…

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