I am so pleased with the idea of a publication that will bring Sacconi's personality and art back to everyone's memory and admiration. Unfortunately, although I played the violin and then the viola for years, I never had the fortune of knowing him personally, but only indirectly through what my teacher Remy Principe and many other artists told me about this «magician».

I am convinced that the mystery of violinmaking is the mystery of art, and without doubt, Sacconi was a great artist. Science can never answer the question of why that piece of wood produces that sound. But Sacconi, like all the great violinmakers, had the answer. He knew how to care for an antique instrument or heal an infirm one, as well as how to give life to one of his own new ones.

Milan, June 18, 1985

Taken from the book: «From Violinmaking to Music: The Life and Works of Simone Fernando Sacconi», presented on December 17, 1985 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. (Cremona, ACLAP, first edition 1985, second edition 1986, page 217 - Italian / English).