Born in Modena in 1866 and son of the luthier Giuseppe Sgarbi, Antonio was trained under the guidance of his father and moved with his family to various Italian locations: from 1878 Giuseppe was active in Rome, where his son succeeded him in 1890; in the period 1905-1911 Antonio was hired as a luthier at the Conservatory of Palermo; later he returned for a short period to Modena and then settled permanently in Rome.
The style of the family is typically Emilian. The model is narrow and rounded, with long corners and a rounded and not very defined edges. The head is slender and with a softened finish; the sound-holes are elongated and often positioned close together.
