Labelled Umberto Roazzi - - Violin - 1956 (No reserve price)

Violin with label “Umberto Roazzi, ROMA, fecit anno 1956, VIA S. MAURA 69”. Two-piece spruce top with medium grain, beautifully flamed maple ribs and back, light orange varnish; ebony fingerboard, rosewood tailpiece and pegs. Known provenance: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Includes chinrest, bow and case.
No documentation or certificate is available.

Dimensions: Back length, 35.6 cm. Upper bout, 16.8 cm. Middle bout, 11.2 cm. Lower bout, 21 cm.

Umberto Roazzi was an Italian luthier born in 1929 who was active in the mid-20th century, with work catalogued mainly in Rome and Milan. After studying guitar, he decided to become a luthier in 1952. Although some older dictionaries of violin makers (such as Karel Jalovec’s) initially mention him as an excellent guitar maker, he is said to have occasionally made a few high-quality bowed instruments. He received recognition at the “Concorso Di Santa Cecilia A Roma”, according to Gualtiero Nicolini in his work “Liutai italiani di ieri e di oggi. Dall'Ottocento ai giorni nostri”.

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