{"title":"Cristian 3","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"celestino-farotto-165-viola-1969","title":"Celestino Farotto 16.5\" viola, 1969, Milano, Warren certificate | Metzler Violins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqy3cO-3k_M?si=ZcqpvhWlSQXs4YKB\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelestino Farotto 16 1\/2\" viola, 1969, Milano, Italy, with Warren certificate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Maker: Celestino Farotto (1905 – 1988) \"Trained in his uncle Celeste's workshop, many of Celestino Farotti's early instruments bear his uncle's label and are almost indistinguishable in style. After Celeste's death in 1928 Celestino began to cultivate a more individual approach, with wider purfling and softer edges. 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After a career in education, Crow attended the Chicago School of Violin Making where he studied the works of the Cremoni masters: Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati, and Guadagnini. Crow later apprenticed under the luthier Carl F. 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