Ilaria & Nicola Ferraris

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Giorgio Ferraris Private Collection

of precious and rare musical instruments, all in working condition from XIX Century and before.

Giorgio Ferraris (1946-2020) has been a Lutenist, teacher, a performer, a musicologist.

During more than fifty years has dedicated his life to the world of Early Music, giving concerts,
conferences and master classes at international level. Besides making various CDs both solo and
within ensembles, has brought to stage the whole spectrum of Early Music for lute, performing in
duos, trios, ensembles and in baroque operas with the orchestra of Teatro La Scala and with the RA1
Orchestra of Milan.
Teacher at the Scuola Civica Musicale and the Civica Scuola di Liuteria in Milan, Italy, under the
auspices of the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo he published his studies on the musicological and
organological aspects of the works of Evaristo Baschenis (1617-1667) and Caravaggio, and he was a
passionate collector of musical instruments, especially guitars from the XIX Century.

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Lot 1: Spinetta
Very rare Spinetta - Harpicord dated first half XIX Century, pristine conditions. Only few similar
exist in museums, Giuseppe Verdi owned an identical one.

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Lot 2: Guitar from Hauser workshop, 1800 circa, to be restored.

Lot 3: XVII Century musical stage prop, label inside by the lutemaker.

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Lot 4: Guitar by Luigi Filano, 1834, Naples

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Lot 5: Baroque French guitar, second half XVII Century, five ranks of strings, Anonymous.

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Lot 6: French guitar, by Lutemaker Moitissier, Mirecourt ("the French Cremona") first half IXI
Century, not labelled, previously part of private collection of Carlo Palladino. Not labelled, hand
signed.

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Lot 7: Guitar by Gaetano Guadagnini, 1823, Turin. Original case by Guadagnini, Labeled by the
maker. Used in various recording.

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Lot 8: guitar Vinaccia, 1889, Napoli. Labeled.

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Lot 9: Guitar by Carlo Godone, end of XVII Century, Turin. Godone was a student of Carlo
Guadagnini. With original case, red Velvet.

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Lot 10: Guitar Bellafontana , 1960, Genova.

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Lot 11: Guitar by Carlo Guadagnini, 1846, Turin.

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Lot 12: Guitar by Gerolamo Trucco, Savona, 1842

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Lot 13: Guitar with strings attached on a Cordiera (instead of the bridge) , by Gennaro Fabbricatore,
Naples, end of XVII Cent. The label reads " Gennaro Fabbricatore, Napoli, strada san Giacomo ", guitar
with a rare anatomy because of the absence of the string bridge. Original Case, green velvet inside.
The Fabbricatore lived and operated in Naples between 1773 and 1832.

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Lot 14: Viennese double neck Guitar end of XIX Cent, unlabeled.

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Lot 15: Lyre Guitar, by Settimio Gazzo, 1914, Genova, previously owned by Pasquale Taraffo (1887-
1937), the Paganini of guitarists. Bought by Giorgio directly from Taraffo's son.

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Lot 17: Mandolino Lombardo, XIX Century, with carved head

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