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2 unusual facts about Testore


Giovanni Grancino

The Grancino manufactory was continued by members of the Testore family.

The eldest of them, Carlo Giuseppe Testore, built a violin for Grancino which is now housed in the National Music Museum on the campus of the University of South Dakota.


Carlo Giuseppe Testore

National Arts Centre Orchestra principal cellist Amanda Forsyth uses a Testore cello manufactured in 1699, as does solo cellist Jacob Shaw, the cello date unknown belonging to the Royal Danish Academy of Music collection.


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