Cassel School
Johann Christoph Friestadt
Cassel, 1694–1775
Appointed Repairer to the Court at Kassel. Known for various viols preserved in German museums. Christoph Friedstadt / Hoff-lnstrumentmacher / Fecit Casselis, 1745 — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
FRIEDSTADT, Johann Christoph Born 1694, died 1775 Kassel Germany. Appointed Repairer to the Court at Kassel. Known for various viols preserved in German museums. Christoph Friedstadt / Hoff-lnstrumentmacher / Fecit Casselis, 1745
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
nichts über ihn finden. Er war wahrscheinlich der Vater oder der Bruder des
am 17. Februar 1762 im Alter von 57 Jahren zu Kassel verstorbenen herrschaftlichen
Malers Johann Martin Friedstadt. — Seine Arbeit ist gut und
reich verziert, eine Altviola von ihm befindet sich in der kgl. Sammlung alter
Musikinstrumente in Berlin (No. 872).
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