Pietro Messori (1870-1952) violin, 1927

Messori began working with Giuseppe Sgarbi in 1893, and also worked with Fiorini in Munich in 1905. He returned to Modena (near Bologna) to set up his own workshop and received various awards for his work in international competitions. Messori is known to have used spruce from the 18th century. This typical example dates from 1927 and is modeled after del Gesu. Violin is in excellent condition, back length is 357 mm.