Eugenio Praga (1847-1901) became Nicolo Bianchi’s student sometime around 1869, and he started making instruments on his own at the age of 17. After Bianchi moved to Nice in 1878, Praga was put in charge of taking care of Bianchi’s workshop in Genoa. In 1884, he won a gold medal at an exposition in Turin. Praga also won a gold medal in 1892 in Genoa’s Italo-American Exposition.
Praga is the founder of the modern Genoa school of violin making, and is an important luthier in the last half of the 19th century in Italy. In his early years, he used Bianchi’s molds and violin making techniques. From the middle to later years of his career, he made reference to Stradivari’s works. Praga’s varnishes are usually a reddish brown, while some are a brownish orange color. The instruments he made that have survived are mostly imitations; thus, they are not very well-known.
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