Crescenzio Ugar

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Crescenzio Ugar was the son of Carlo Ugar from Urbino and was likely of German descent. He was first recorded in the Roman archives as a violin maker in SS. Sudario dalla parte de' Barbieri in 1788. His instruments featured an unrefined finish but exhibited good Italian proportion and balance. They had long soundholes with distinctly cut nicks, a medium arch, and narrow edges. His distinctive head ...Read More included a long slender pegbox and a quite concentric scroll with a deeply extended final turn. Some instruments were noted to have whalebone purfling. The varnish was good but not exceptional, ranging from golden to red-brown. He used second-quality materials, with heavy-grained fronts and often flawed maple that appeared to be of local origin. His double basses were much admired. In his 1791 will, several unfinished violins, cellos, and basses were listed among the tools and equipment of the workshop that he left to his pupil Giuseppe Orselli. A label in a double bass was cited by Strocchi. Read Less

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