Jan Szlachtowski Grancino Model Jan Szlachtowski was born in 1951 in Nowy Targ, Poland, where he lives and works today. In 1970, he finished the Technical College of Violin Making in Nowy Targ where he worked under the direction of the senior Polish Master, Józef Bartoszek. He refined his violin making skills at the William H. Lee workshop in Chicago, where he worked from 1987-1988. This cello is a copy of a Giovanni Grancino cello. Giovanni was the most prominent member of the Grancino family of violinmakers. He is considered one of the finest makers of the Milanese school of violinmaking.
