Monday, August 11, 2008

Tarisio


Luigi Tarisio was an itinerant (and very clever) carpenter who used to go from house to house looking for odd jobs. In the course of his work, he would look for opportunities, among the many households he entered, to buy violins from his employers. He eventually collected many hundreds of instruments. Thanks to his dedication, many violinists today play on some of the finest violins known.