Luigi Mozzani

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Luigi Mozzani was born on March 9, 1869 into a family of very modest means. As typical of his class, Luigi was forced to follow his father into the shoemaking business. He abandoned this activity after nine years, gaining work as a barber. He learned to play clarinet and bugle, playing in a band, but quickly abandoned it for health reasons. When he was lent an old guitar, he repaired it and thus began his study of lutherie. Still looking for a way to earn a living, and not finding employment as a clarinetist, he began to study the oboe. After successful enrollment in the Musical Grammar school of Bologna, he was able to obtain work such as First Oboe with the Saint Carl Theatre of Naples. This profession came to an end after an ill-fated tour of America with an orchestra under the direction of Arthur Toscanini, who stranded Mozzani in America for about two years. Mozzani next joined a banjo trio, which began his career of performing guitarist and, later, guitar teacher. In 1896, he published three volumes of Studies for Guitar. Towards the end of the century, after a successful concert tour of Europe, he went to Paris to study guitar construction. He settled in Bologna, where he continued his work as a luthier in collaboration with two Neapolitan mandolin builders. It was in 1909 that Mozzani, on a trip to Vienna, came into contact with the harp guitars of Schenck. He immediately appropriated these new designs into his work, both as a luthier and performer, always expe

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