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Enrico Catenar was a 17th century luthier from the Piedmont school, and is the first luthier known to have worked in Turin, Italy. He is also the earliest German known to have worked as a luthier in all of Italy.
Catenar was born in Chissigné, Franconia in 1620. During the middle ages, it was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire. Today it is part of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1650, Catenar began learning how to make instruments with Johann Angerer (1620-1650), a famous German lute maker living in Piedmont, Italy. After his teacher died, Catenar married Angerer’s widow and raised his son. He also became the owner of a small factory in Turin. His luthier shop maintained good relations with the Duchy of Savoy and also was also located in Turin until the end of the 17th century. His eldest son was a famous doctor, while one of his other sons, Francessco Giuseppe (1664-c. 1732), was a violinist at Turin’s Royal Chapel. Catenar died on July 29, 1701 in Turin.
Johann Angerer moved to Italy from Füssen, Germany. Thus, Catenar’s methods were not only influenced by the Cremona style, but also represent techniques and structures he learned from the German traditions Angerer taught him. One of such methods includes the way in which he used a channel in the back plate to inlay the ribs, which was quite rare in Italy at the time and was only prevalent in the early luthiers of the French, German and Flemish regions. He used Amati molds, particularly the smaller body Amati violins. Angerer carefully calculated all of the measurements. He used bright varnishes which gave each instrument an elegant appearance. There are also these mysterious pins at the middle section of the back plates, something only the Amati and Guarineri families did at the time, befuddling most instrument researchers today because the relationship Angerer had with these two families is entirely unknown. The wood used for the instruments came from the mountain region of Piedmont. The varnish is a dark red with a hint of orange and golden brown, while the texture is soft and gentle.
Gioffredo Cappa, a luthier from a later generation, had certain aspects of his instruments that were the same as Catenar; thus, some people speculate that Cappa was one of Catenar’s students. It is extremely rare to find instruments with original labels on them. Erico Cattenar is the German way of spelling his name. The Latin spelling, Henricus Catenar, was much rarer.
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