Made in - 產地：Italy - Bologna                                                                    

Year - 年份：1886-1960

Narrate - 敘述：

Gaetano Pollastri (b 1886 - d 1960) Gaetano, Augusto's younger brother,was a professional violinist but after the first world war he devoted himself to violin making. He worked with the same company as his brother in via Castiglione, that was devoted to the construction, repair and commerce of string instruments. In 1927 he received the Certificate of Honour at the contemporary violin making exhibition-competition in Cremona. When Augusto died in 1927, he took over his brother's company. In the following twenty years Gaetano constructed numerous instruments of which, in 1930, a violin with papal coat of arms that he personally donated to Pope Pious XI. He also restored precious violins; among them, a Stradivari and a Guarneri of Guglielmo Marconi brother's property, Alfonso. He won the Certificate of Honour in Cremona in 1949. In 1954 he showed two violins at the 2nd National Competition of Contemporary violin making in Rome, obtaining a Certificate of Honour, and was present with his instruments at the Ascoli Piceno ('54) and Pegli ('56) competitions. He worked very hard to promote his profession and was a founding associate of the ANLAI. His students include Cesare Pollastri, Franco Albanelli and Otello Bignami. - Il Suono di Bologna

Gaetano Pollastri(1886-1960)是Augusto Pollastri的弟弟。Gaetano Pollastri本來是位小提琴演奏家，一次大戰過後投入製琴的行業。他跟他的哥哥在via Castiglione的同一家公司工作，這家公司專門在做製造與維修弦樂器等生意。1927年，他在克里蒙納製琴比賽中獲獎。他的哥哥也在那一年逝世，而他則接管了他哥哥的公司。他在接下來的20年製作了相當多的作品，其中也包括他個人捐贈給11代羅馬教宗的小提琴。他也從事修復名琴的工作，其中包括Stradivari以及Guarneri等名琴。他在1949年獲得榮譽證書。1954年，他在羅馬第二屆國際小提琴製作大賽中展出兩把小提琴以及他的製琴工具，並獲得榮譽證書。他非常努力的工作以提升自己在製琴上的專業度，他也是ANLAI的創始者。他的學生包括Cesare Pollastri, Franco Albanelli 以及Otello Bignami。

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Gaetano Pollastri  1936, Bologna