Francesco Ruggieri

Francesco Ruggeri (* around 1630 in Cremona; ibid † October 28, 1698, Francesco Ruggieri, Francesco Rugeri, Latin Franciscus Ruggerius ) was an Italian violin maker of the Baroque.

Francesco Ruggeri, called " il Per ", was a contemporary of Nicola Amati, but lived outside Cremona city walls in the suburb of San Bernardo and San Sebastiano in the shadow of the great violin maker. Evidence of a student body at Amati, there has not been, but both families were connected through sponsorships. Francesco Ruggeri built his instruments in a style influenced by Amati.

His instruments, the style of Amati violins similar, were faced by more pronounced, magnificently shaped snails. Ruggieri's main creative period were the seventies and eighties of the 17th century, he built mainly violins, violas and cellos. His main contribution to violin making was the development of a smaller cello as usual in his time. After 1670 he worked with his three sons, Giovanni Battista Ruggeri ( 1653-1711 ), Giacinto Ruggeri ( 1661-1697 ) with his son Antonio Ruggeri ( after 1690 ) and Vincenzo Ruggeri ( 1663-1719 ) together. The latter became the only one of the sons after his father's death, regardless of his fame and success in violin.

Today Ruggeri original instruments are at least as valuable as Amati and easily exceed the € 1 million mark. Especially Francesco Ruggeri's cellos are still recreated as they harmoniously with shaped f - holes produce an inimitably beautiful sound for their full and delicate arching of the sound.

The cellist Orfeo Mandozzi plays on a cello made by Francesco Ruggeri of 1675th