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*From Violinmaking to Music:The Life & Works of Simone Fernando Sacconi - A.C.L.A.P. Cremona |
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*SACCONI,SIMONE FERNANDO - MOSCONI,ANDREA. Simone Fernando Sacconi. Centenary celebration nel centenario della nascita. Cremona, 1995 |
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*Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1966 |
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*[http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=21398 Wurlitzer, Rembert] |
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Revision as of 09:02, 25 February 2009
Frank Passa - (b. 1916-d.2001) an internationally known American maker of bows and violins (Archetier & Luthier).
A native of New York City, Frank Passa was a pupil of Simone Fernando Sacconi a very talented violin maker from Italy. Sacconi and his shop (Rembert Wurlitzer) helped develop many of the modern techniques of restoration that are still being used today. About a dozen pupils of his spread out across the United States , and Frank was one of them. Frank served in the Army during World War II and then began his career in San Francisco crafting and restoring violins and bows, a job he kept for 51 years until he was forced to retire two years ago because of illness.
Mr. Passa was also a member of the Family Club of San Francisco and the Entente International Society of Violin and Bow Makers.
He died Sept. 11 2001 in Santa Rosa after a long illness. He was 85. [1]
References
- ^ Wenberg, Thomas James (1986). The Violin Makers of the United States. Mt Hood, OR: Mt Hood Pub. Co. ISBN 0-938071-05-X.
- Wenberg, Thomas James (1986). The Violin Makers of the United States. Mt Hood, OR: Mt Hood Pub. Co. ISBN 0-938071-05-X.
- From Violinmaking to Music:The Life & Works of Simone Fernando Sacconi - A.C.L.A.P. Cremona
- Grove Dictionary
- SACCONI,SIMONE FERNANDO - MOSCONI,ANDREA. Simone Fernando Sacconi. Centenary celebration nel centenario della nascita. Cremona, 1995
- Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1966
- Wurlitzer, Rembert