![]() ![]() However, the splendid violas made by Zanetto the elder had combined ingenious idea and excellent workmanship, enabling future generations of Brescian violinmakers to imitate. During that time, most violins were the results of trial and error. Violin making was still in its infancy in the early 16th century when neither the mould for making violin nor a certain form of the instrument itself was yet established. The father, Zanetto the elder was believed to be the first viola-maker according to meticulous and extensive archival research. However, before speaking of Pellegrino, we have to know about his father first, Zanetto Micheli da Montichiaro (c. 1606) was a pioneer in the history of violin making of Brescia, Italy.
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