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In focus: violin by Vincenzo Postiglione, 1891

7 November 2018

Sean Bishop examines a violin by the most prolific and finest Neapolitan makers of the second half of the 19th century. From the January 2008 issue. Photographs by Richard Valencia [click ‘+’ to zoom]
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Naples violin makers: Della Corte, Postiglione and Pistucci

25 August 2017

Sean Bishop of Bishop Instruments & Bows in London talks us through some 19th-century Naples violin makers, some following Gagliano models and other with more individual touches. n.b. the video is flipped horizontally - Sean Bishop assures us his instruments are strung the usual way round

All postiglione articles

In focus: violin by Vincenzo Postiglione, 1891

Naples violin makers: Della Corte, Postiglione and Pistucci