Raffaele Trapani

Raffaele Trapani's craftsmanship featured very finely finished details on a distinctive personal model with a large form. The full arch, of medium height, was inspired by Maggini. He applied an excellently clear varnish in a golden-brown to orange-red color. The broad edges included a deeply sunk channel and neat purfling. At the top button, the edge of the back turned inward, creating a small raised ...Read More triangular platform. The scroll was neatly and concentrically turned, with an extended final curl positioned behind the small eye. There was no conventional throat; the pegbox arrived abruptly at the front of the volute. The pegbox flutings were cut almost square, featuring a flat-bottomed channel that turned sharply up to a flat chamfer at the edges. He often used very finely flamed maple. The soundholes were rather stiff and widely spaced, sometimes with the wings not separated from the upper and lower edges. Most of these characteristics appeared to result from a conscious effort to strengthen weak and vulnerable areas in classical violin models. Vannes described him as an engineer. His work certainly stood outside the mainstream Neapolitan school. Read Less

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