Johann Sailer
worked 1757–1780
Very good workmanship on broad Stainer derived model with long ‘c’ bouts. Box-like angular arching. Scrolls with very broad first turn and rather tight centre. Thin opaque varnish. Manuscript label: Johann Sailler Geigen: / macher in Mittenwald 1766 [Hamma] — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
SAILER, Johann Worked circa. 1757-1780 Mittenwald Germany. Very good workmanship on broad Stainer derived model with long ‘c’ bouts. Box-like angular arching. Scrolls with very broad first turn and rather tight centre. Thin opaque varnish. Manuscript label: Johann Sailler Geigen: / macher in Mittenwald 1766 [Hamma]
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
In seiner Arbeit steht er Knilling nahe; sein Modell nähert sich der Amati-Schule.
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