Gasparo da Salò, Italian violin maker (born 1540)

Gasparo da Salò

Italian violin maker and double bass player (1542 - 1609)

Gasparo da Salò is the name given to Gasparo Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers and an expert double bass player. Around 80 of his instruments are known to have survived to the present day: violins, alto and tenor violas, viols, violones and double basses, violas…