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Germany School

Adolf Beck

Burg, Dusseldorf, b. 1891

Pupil of Schult in Lübeck. Nominated ‘Master Luthier’ in Hamburg 1916. Established in Düsseldorf 1916-1939. Extremely well finished and classically orientated work. Author of The Proportional Construction of the Violin (Leipzig, 1923). — John Dilworth

Worked Burg, Dusseldorf
Made Violin
Taught by Schult

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£1,872
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin35.9 cm Dusseldorf, 1920March 2008£1,872

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

BECK, Adolf (Otto) Born 1891 Burg bei Magdeburg Germany. Pupil of Schult in Lübeck. Nominated ‘Master Luthier’ in Hamburg 1916. Established in Düsseldorf 1916-1939. Extremely well finished and classically orientated work. Author of The Proportional Construction of the Violin (Leipzig, 1923).

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