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Otto Oswald Martin

Markneukirchen, Milwaukee, b. 1870

Worked in various places in Germany from 1884-1893. Emigrated to the USA 1893, and established himself in the same year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Primarily a repairer. Stradivari and Guarneri models with gold-red varnish. Made by Otto Oswald Martin / Milwaukee (Wis.) Sept. 1904 [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

Worked Markneukirchen, Milwaukee
Made Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£273
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinMilwaukee, 1901May 2004£273

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

Otto Oswald Born 1870 Markneukirchen. Worked in various places in Germany from 1884-1893. Emigrated to the USA 1893, and established himself in the same year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Primarily a repairer. Stradivari and Guarneri models with gold-red varnish. Made by Otto Oswald Martin / Milwaukee (Wis.) Sept. 1904 [Wenberg]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler der Fachschule für Instrumentenbau in Markneukirchen. Von 1884
bis 1893 arbeitete er in Frankfurt a. M., Hamburg, Leipzig und Dresden etc.
und liess sich 1893 in Milwaukee als Geigenmacher nieder. Er ahmt italienische
Meister nach und verwendet einen Spirituslack, den er mit ätherischen Ölen und weichen Harzen ansetzt.

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