Alexander Augustovitsch Schwalm
worked 1885–1914
Petersburg Russia. Pupil of E. Geisser. Appointed luthier to the Imperial Opera and Conservatoire in St. Petersburg. Established at 6 Offitzerskaya. Took a Stradivari violin of 1718 as a pattern, but used rather poor wood. Stradivari-modelled cellos more successful. — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
SCHWALM, Alexander Augustovitsch Worked circa. 1885-1914 St. Petersburg Russia. Pupil of E. Geisser. Appointed luthier to the Imperial Opera and Conservatoire in St. Petersburg. Established at 6 Offitzerskaya. Took a Stradivari violin of 1718 as a pattern, but used rather poor wood. Stradivari-modelled cellos more successful.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Einer der besseren in Russland thätigen Geigenmacher.
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