Furthermore, Peregrino’s father, Zanetto Micheli da Montichiaro, who was born in 1489 or ’90 and died in 1560 or ’61, would have been active more than a full generation earlier than Gasparo and dead by the time Gasparo was past 21 years old. Peregrino was, therefore, twenty years older than famed viola maker Gasparo Bertolotti “da Salo,” who lived from 1540 to 1609. What we know is that both father and son were instrument makers from Brescia, Italy, and that Peregrino was born c. We ourselves have had extremely limited experience with this maker the Peregrino instrument featured in this article is the first Peregrino we have sold. His name, as printed on the original label in this nearly-unique viola, means “Peregrino, son of Zanetto,” but any knowledge of Peregrino and his father rests almost solely on their instruments little hard information on the makers themselves is available. There is an air of mystery surrounding Peregrino Micheli Di Zanetto, a maker from the very dawn of violin-family history whose instruments are extremely rare today. Makers from the Dawn of Violin-Family History
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