The following list provides the names of violin makers who came from Klingenthal, worked or trained there. It is largely based on Leo von Lütgendorff's 1923 reference classic Die Geigen- und
The freeform style of the Vogtland’s violin tradition
2020年3月24日 · An inside view of a violin by Andreas Dörffel, Klingenthal, after 1772 Lying in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, the Vogtland region has for centuries been a well-known centre of musical instrument making, and …
German Violinmaking: The Hopf Family - Benning Violins
Somewhere between 18 and 40 people were members of the Hopf empire, which operated from the late 17 th century on through the late-19 th century in Klingenthal, Vogtland (now the …
Lutherie in the Vogtland: Stars of the East | Premium …
2020年3月4日 · During the 18th century, a number of extended violin making families developed: the Dörffel, Ficker, Glass, Gütter, Hopf, Reichel, Schoenfelder and Voigt families to name but a few. By the end of that century there were …
An 18th Century Violin Attributed To Johann Georg
Immediately struck by the titillating patina which permeates the soft golden yellow varnish, lifetimes of use are evident and written across this alluring old German violin; an instrument attributed to Johann Georg Meisel of Klingenthal in 1784 …
HOPF family - VIOLINS - Atelier Paganini
18th Century. A violin from the Hopf violin makers family in Klingenthal area (Germany) probably from the second half of the 18th century. The violin is in the good and stable condition, the …
Carl Anton Hopf, Klingenthal circa 1790 | UK Violins
A very fine German violin made by Carl Anton Hopf most likely towards the end of the 18th Century in Klingenthal. Hopf violins were widely copied in Germany during the Victorian era, …
Map of the Violin-Making Centres in Europe - Strings2u
2014年6月22日 · The famous centres were Klingenthal and Markneukirchen in Saxony near the Czech border and Mittenwald in Bavaria near the Austrian border. In KLINGENTHAL in 1669, a Violin making guild was established with …
300 years of German violin makers - Amati
But by the mid nineteenth century, the boom had bust, and in 1887, the Klingenthal guild ceased to exist, having overseen the production of tens of thousands of instruments in the previous two centuries, many with the heavy …
