Background
He was born in Milan, the second son of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, also a noted luthier, and worked out of the family"s workshop under the "Sign of the Eagle" on Contrada Larga in Milan.
He was born in Milan, the second son of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, also a noted luthier, and worked out of the family"s workshop under the "Sign of the Eagle" on Contrada Larga in Milan.
He was one of the three finest instrument-makers from the Testore family, but a distinctive characteristic of Paolo Antonio"s work is that he often omitted purfling and sometimes used lower quality wood.