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Carlo Tononi (b 1675; d 1730) , Bologna (till about 1717), Venice (after 1717)

Carlo Tononi was undoubtedly a pupil of his father Giovanni in Bologna, where he worked until after Giovanni's death in 1713. In 1717 he moved to Venice — coincidentally the same year in which Pietro Guarneri arrived from Cremona, and it is likely that they worked side by side in Matteo Sellas' workshop. Many of Carlo's instruments from around 1720 show the influence of Guarneri, but his work varies enormously, from highly-arched Stainer copies to beautifully executed and varnished instruments inspired by the best of Cremona. (excerpted from Four Centuries of Violin Making by Tim Ingles.)

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ID	Type	Year	Name
7751	cello	1700c	Gabriel Wunderlich Memorial
8838	violin	1700c
11692	violin	1700c
11694	violin	1700c
11695	cello	1700c	ex Vandersall
11696	violin	1700c
11703	violin	1700c
13006	viola	1700c
891	violin	1699-1737*
3345	violin	1699-1737*
4641	violin	1699-1737*
5453	viola	1699-1737*
5682	violin	1699-1737*
6017	cello	1699-1737*
6143	violin	1699-1737*
6495	violin	1699-1737*
6876	violin	1699-1737*
9090	violin	1699-1737*
11698	violin	1699-1737*	ex Hill; ex Wexler
11699	violin	1699-1737*

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