[1] Gaetano and Pietro Sgarabotto Biography Gaetano Sgarabotto 1878 - 1959 was born in Vicenza . His son Pietro Sgarabotto 1903 – 1990 born in Milan , retired 1971, but still produced masterworks as late as 1979; both worked for their whole life in Italy as master violinmakers. [1] Gaetano S.