Panormo, Vincenzo
Panormo Edward Ferdinand, *25 December 1811 London, †3 November 1901 Brighton. He came from a family of Italian luthiers and was the son of Joseph. Between 1831 and 1835, he worked in his father’s London workshop, building guitars and, for the first time in England, banjos. After his father’s death, he moved frequently, which suggests financial difficulties. Instruments bearing his name are very rare. Not having achieved much success as a luthier, in 1865 he moved to Brighton and became a violist in the local theatre orchestra and began teaching guitar and violin.
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