Career
Lucchi trained as a double bassist, graduating from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in Pesaro in 1963. He worked for several years as a musician and instructor, and in 1971, he began constructing and restoring bows. He went to Brienz, Switzerland to apprentice under South. Finkel.
In 1976, Lucchi founded a school for bowmaking in Cremona, Italy, where he taught courses in bow construction, maintenance and restoration, as well as style and design.
In 1983, Lucchi invented the Lucchi Meter, a device used to measure the speed of sound in wood that has become a standard tool of bow makers. Lucchi was active within the community of luthiers and bowmaker, holding various posts among professional societies and writing and speaking often in journals and conferences relating to the art
Professional activities Secretary, Italian Association of Violin and Bow Makers (1991 to 1992) President, Violin and Bow Makers of the Artisans" Association of the Province of Cremona (1991 to 1998) Representative for Cremona to the Triennale Assembly Lucchi"s reputation was such that he was the bow maker for artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Pinchas Zukerman and Gary Karr, among others The “Fondazione Lucchi” comes from the desire to continue the work of the Bowmaker Maestro Giovanni Lucchi.
Those who knew him knows he loved to share the culture of handcraft and his discoveries.
We’ve made in his memory, because the cultural legacy he left us can get to many people in all parts of the world, as he wished.
