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Gennaro [Januarius] Gagliano

(fl c1740–c1780) was also a son of Alessandro Gagliano. He is often considered the best maker of his family. Gennaro was a more sensitive craftsman, and his overall concept of violin making was not far behind that of the great Cremonese makers. Although he was most influenced by Stradivari, he often made Amati copies, with strong-grained pine in the front, brown varnish and facsimile Amati label. Both Gennaro and Nicola (i) made very good cellos on the best Stradivari model, but they also introduced the very narrow design used by most later Neapolitans (see illustration).