This instrument was crafted by the renowned Pasquale Vinaccia in Naples in 1877. By 1903, it required restoration and was brought to the workshop of Luigi Embergher, where it was re-topped in his distinctive style and fitted with a new fretboard.
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From the collection of Victor Speranski http://www.speranski.com Has an added label of J.H. Zimmermann, Embergher's exclusive representative in Russia and rare fretboard extention feature over the soundhole.
From the collection of Victor Speranski. http://www.speranski.com Restored by Lorenzo Lippi in 2016. https://www.lippi.net Featured in Russian musical instruments dealer Rozmyslov catalog c. 1913. Unlabelled, but has a Puglisi stamp on inner side of…