Paolo Grancino is a 17th century violin maker of obscure origin and unverifiable existence. He is thought to have been a student of Andrea Guarneri

Andrea Guarneri

Andrea Guarneri was an Italian luthier and founder of the house of Guarneri violin makers.-Biography:Thought to be born in 1626 to Bartolomo Guarneri in the parish of Cremona, Italy, very little is known about Andrea Guarneri's family of origin...

. Instruments who appear to be made by him are of a recognizable "Grancino" style which also appears in the work of later Grancinos, yet they are of an earlier (1680 to 1730) and more delicate style than the well known work of Giovanni Grancino

Giovanni Grancino

Giovanni Grancino , son of Andrea Grancino, was one of the early Milanese luthiers, and may have worked with his brother, Francesco.Grancino's workshops were all located on Contrada Larga, now Via Larga in Milan...

. These instruments have a fine oil varnish and a character which is clearly related to that of Andrea Guarneri

Andrea Guarneri

Andrea Guarneri was an Italian luthier and founder of the house of Guarneri violin makers.-Biography:Thought to be born in 1626 to Bartolomo Guarneri in the parish of Cremona, Italy, very little is known about Andrea Guarneri's family of origin...

. They are often labeled or attributed to one or another of the well known Cremonese

Cremona

Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...

makers.