Franz Hoyer
Luby (Schonbach), worked 1820–1867
HOYER, Franz b. Luby (Schönbach) Czech Republic, Worked circa. 1820-1867 Vienna Austria. Instruments dated up to 1845 are of decent hand-made quality, but thereafter, as Gebrüder Hoyer in association with his brother, deteriorated into repetitive student grade commercial work with steam-bent plates. — John Dilworth
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HOYER, Franz b. Luby (Schönbach) Czech Republic, Worked circa. 1820-1867 Vienna Austria. Instruments dated up to 1845 are of decent hand-made quality, but thereafter, as Gebrüder Hoyer in association with his brother, deteriorated into repetitive student grade commercial work with steam-bent plates.
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