John Dilworth
STAINER, Marcus Born circa. 1633, d.c.1693 Küfstein Austria. Usually described as the brother of Jacob Stainer, above, but there is no supporting evidence for his existence. Senn and Vannes suggest that the name is imaginary and used by dealers and fraudsters. Instruments with this label are very much in the style of Jacob Stainer: finely worked with dull red-brown varnish. The 18th century Florentine virtuoso F. M. Veracini is said to have owned a pair of violins by Marcus Stainer which he named ‘Saint Peter’ and ‘Saint Paul’, unfortunately lost in a shipwreck in the English channel in 1746. Marcus Stainer / bügerl: Lautten und / Geigenmacher in Küfstein / in Tyroll, 1647 [Senn, Vannes]
Cecie Stainer
Brother and pupil of Jacob Stainer; he worked in Laufen, Austria. He was a maker of moderate ability, who, after his brother’s death, made poor imitations of his work, with labels carefully copied from those of Jacob, thus giving rise to the impression that Jacob was sometimes very careless in his work. The famous Florentine violin player, Veracini, had two violins that he much valued, they were christened ” St. Peter” and ” St. Paul”, unluckily Veracini was shipwrecked sailing from London to Leghorn in 1746, and both the violins were lost. His instruments are rarely met with ; they are made of fine wood, the pattern of large size, with dark varnish, the tone sweet but not powerful; a violin is known dated 1683, and a viola, which is said to have a beautiful tone, has the written label : ” Marcus Stainer, Burger und Geigenmacher in Küfstein, anno 1659.”
George Hart
Described as a brother of Jacob. He styled himself on his label ” Citizen and Violin maker.” Citizenship carried with it special privileges, and this maker apparently recognised the honour by having ” Burger” after his name.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Jakob Stainer hatte zwei Brüder, Paul und Markus. Paul wurde Tischler, Markus war vielleicht ein Schüler desselben Meisters, bei dem Jakob gelernt hatte. Er liess sich in Laufen und später in Kufstein als Instrumentenmacher nieder. Dass er Klosterbruder geworden sei, wie behauptet wurde, lässt sich nicht beweisen. Kam er auch seinem Bruder an Talent und Können nicht gleich, so war er doch recht geschickt und soll Jakob’s Arbeiten mit Erfolg nachgeahmt haben. Dass er seinen Namen missbraucht hat, ist nicht anzunehmen, wohl aber, dass Andere seine Arbeiten mit gefälschten Zetteln versehen haben. Die ihm zugeschriebenen Geigen haben schönes, grosses Modell, röthlichgelben oder rothbraunen Lack und sind in allen Einzelheiten tadellos ausgeführt. Am Wirbelkasten brachte auch er gerne geschnitzte Köpfchen an; namentlich seine Gamben und Violen sollen gut sein. App.-Ger.-Rath v. Renner besitzt eine Geige von ihm mit dem Zettel:
Henri Poidras
This maker is supposed to have been a brother of Jacob Stainer. Excellent make, but not equal to that of his brother. Large model. Yellow- red or Brown-red varnish. Often added fancy carving to the scrolls of his instruments.
