1860-1880 - Little Saffron Hill (Clerkenwell)
Instrument Making & Music & Trade & Italy & place: Paris
Barrel-organ manufacturer Giuseppe Chiappa was born in 1828. He served an apprenticeship in Paris under the famous mechanical organ manufacturer
1831-1872 - Portsea Place (Bayswater)
Instrument Making & Music & Italy & place: Genoa
Guitarist and concertina player Giulio Regondi was born in Genoa in 1822. The details of his parentage are unclear, but it appears that he had a
1830-1883 - Charles Street (Clerkenwell)
Instrument Making & Trade & Italy & place: Como
Instrument maker Francis Augustus Pizzala was born about 1813 in Como. He moved to London in 1830. From 1840 to 1846 he ran his business as a maker
1830-1879 - Hatton Gardens (Camden)
Instrument Making & Royalty & Trade & Italy & place: Como
Maker of scientific instruments Enrico [Henry] Angelo Ludovico Negretti was born on 13 November 1818 in Como. His father operated a horse-drawn
1819-1854 - High Street (Bloomsbury)
Instrument Making & Music & Italy & place: Paris
Guitar maker Louis Panormo was born in Paris in 1784, the son of an Italian luthier. He moved to London in 1819 and set up a workshop at no. 31 High
1799-1897 - Hatton Garden (Camden)
Instrument Making & Trade & Italy & place: Como
In 1799 instrument maker Caesar Tagliabue who originated from the Como area established a company in Holborn. Before the end of 1820 he had moved to
1780-1820 - High Holborn (Holborn)
Instrument Making & Trade & Italy
Instrument maker and barometer engraver Joseph Somalvico settled in London around 1780 working from no. 87 Holborn as a high quality barometer
1785-1839 - Pall Mall (Westminster)
Instrument Making & Printing & Royalty & Trade & Italy & place: Verona
Flautist, publisher, and instrument-maker Tebaldo Monzani was born in 1762 in Verona. Having moved to London in 1785, he appeared as first flute at
1767-1788 - Haymarket (Westminster)
Instrument Making & Printsellers & Pyrotechnics & Italy
Pyrotechnician Giovanni Battista Torre was born in 1760 (details are lacking). Having studied under the Franco-Italian theatre designer Giovanni
1780-1981 - High Holborn (Holborn)
Instrument Making & Trade & Italy & Place: Como
Lake Como was part of the Grand Tour and the scientific skills of local instrument makers were communicated in writings of travellers to the region.
1780-1819 - High Holborn (Holborn)
Instrument Making & Science & Italy & place: Tavernerio
Instrument maker John Merry Ronketti was born Giovanni Maria Ronchetti, in the village of Tavernerio, close to Como. Having settled in Holborn in
1767-onwards - New Bond Street (Westminster)
Galleries & Instrument Making & Printsellers & Italy
P & D Colnaghi & Co is an art dealership in New Bond Street which claims to be the oldest commercial art gallery in the world, having been
1702-1705 - Strand (Covent Garden)
Instrument Making & Music & Printing & Italy & place: Cremona
Virtuoso violinist and composer Gasparo Visconti was born in Cremona in January 1683 into a noble family
1798-1870 - St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Instrument Making & Science & Trade & Swiss
Maker of barometers and thermometers Francesco [Francis] Amadio was born in Switzerland (details are lacking). He married his English wife Charlotte
1870-1877 - New Charles Street (Clerkenwell)
Instrument Making & Music & Trade & Italy
Barrel-organ manufacturer Chiaro Frati was born around 1844. He served an apprenticeship in Paris under the famous mechanical organ manufacturer
1849-1879 - Great Ormond Street (Holborn)
Instrument Making & Librarians & Italy & place: Genoa
Inventor, bibliographer, and librarian Andrea Crestadoro was born in Genoa in 1808. He studied philosophy at the University of Turin. At the same
1841-1898 - Queen Square
Societies & Medicine & Philanthropy & Instrument Making & Trade & Italy & place: Lecco
Giovanni Battista Ortelli was born in 1830 at Lecco in Lombardy. He arrived in England with his parents in 1841/2. At the time of the 1851 census he
1772-1813 - Little Newport Street (Soho)
Instrument Making & Music & Trade & Italy & place: Palermo
Violin maker Vincenzo Panormo was born Vincenzo Trusiano around 1734 in Palermo. He changed his surname (Panormo is the Latin form of Palermo) after
1531-1630 - Mark Lane (City of London)
Instrument Making & Jews & Music & Italy & place: Venezia
Between 1531 and 1539 five Bassano brothers from Venice settled London without the Doge’s permission. The family stemmed from Bassano Del Grappa and