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contractual agreement for the production of new violins. Over the next three years, Guadagnini built over 50 instruments for Cozio which represent a salient portion of his output. Cozio sold some of these instruments, many through the Turin shop of Boch and
Gravier, but was never able to find a suitable market for Guadagnini's output in his lifetime. Around 1776 their relationship began to deteriorate, perhaps because of delays in payment to Guadagnini and mutual dissatisfaction with the terms of the contract. In spite of the rancor that ended the contract in 1777, Cozio acted as Guadagnini's primary patron, and facilitated Guadagnini's prominent legacy in the canon of Italian violinmaking.
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Among the most important instruments in Cozio's collection were ten violins of
Antonio Stradivari, which he acquired from the maker's son Paolo in 1773-4; however, many more instruments by Stradivari and numerous other renowned violin makers passed through his hands over the years.
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symbiotic one. They provided him with insight on craftsmanship and access to the marketplace, and he supplied them with commissions and most of his repair work. Carlo
Mantegazza, son of Pietro, is frequently mentioned in the
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occupies a central role in the history of Cozio's famous collection of instruments. In the year preceding Cozio's death in 1840 the two men undertook negotiations for the sale to
Tarisio of numerous violins by
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forms the basis of his biography. Cozio's meticulous notes on nearly every instrument that passed through his hands contributed enormously to the body of knowledge surrounding
Italian violinmaking.
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