Career
Started his career as an apprentice in Raffaele Fiorini"s studio. Augusto"s father was a miller and an amateur musician. Augusto was exposed to music early on, he also enjoyed visiting the shop of a famous violin maker Raffaele Fiorini, where he started to perform small services in the shop, which led to an apprenticeship with maestro Fiorini.
By the age of 20, Augusto had devoted himself entirely to the activity which had inspired him (violin making), showing remarkable artistic gifts.
Towards the end of Raffaele Fiorini"s life, Augusto took over the workshop. Foreign thirty years Augusto Pollastri managed one of the most important luthier"s Atelier in Bologna.
Augusto"s production was of an astounding quality and class, but unfortunately not very high in numbers. Today, Pollastri"s instruments are considered legendary and most copied in the world aside from the Classics (Stradivari, Guarnerius etc).
"In fact the number of fake instruments and imitations one could come across is much greater than the number of originals.
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"Up to the first half of the nineteenth century, Violin Making in Italy was in a standstill cycle. Yet, during the second half of the century, Raffaele Fiorini it:Fiorini Raffaele gave new impulse to lieutenant Thanks to him, born in Musiano di Pianoro, the luthier"s ancient Art was brought back to a new life." - History.