Re: From Catania Carmelo to Carmelo Catania
Here is a link to a short biografia of Carmelo from the muy coolioso Fetish Guitars site.
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Nel 1957 trasferisce il suo laboratorio a Mascalucia in locali pił ampi e confortevoli, e negli anni sessanta raggiunge la massima espansione produttiva, arrivando ad occupare fino a 50 dipendenti con una produzione annua di circa 12.000 strumenti di cui oltre la metą viene esportata.
Apparently he moved to the Mascalucia address in 1957...so the name change would have been later than that. Looks like he moved down Via Roma a bit.
The newer looking label has his proper name, but we've seen the Italian practice of sometimes inverting the nome e cognome before on labels.
Great read on the Fetish Guitar site. CC had a pretty impressive resume.
Our friend, Plami, used to be the go-to on Sicilian instruments but we've been missing him around here for awhile.
I hope someone can help shed some further light.
Mick
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