In Focus: A 1933 Ansaldo Poggi violin

1933 Poggi

Roberto Regazzi examines an instrument by the Italian maker, whose fame and reputation have grown in recent years

This article appeared in the January 2020 issue

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Maker Ansaldo Poggi

Nationality Italian

Born  1893

Died  1984 

Instrument Violin

Date 1933

Ansaldo Poggi’s fame and reputation have had an incredible boost in the past few years, probably owing to some financial speculation but also to the clear, distinct and outstandingly consistent features of his instruments…

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