Malmo School
Nils Nilsson
Malmo, 1842–1929
Very fine workmanship and varnish. Also made plucked instruments. Fine reputation as repairer and restorer. Established in business from 1888. Later assisted and succeeded by sons Gottfried and Albert, above. The firm is still the leading violin house in Sweden. — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
NILSSON, Nils Born 1842, died 1929 Malmö Sweden. Very fine workmanship and varnish. Also made plucked instruments. Fine reputation as repairer and restorer. Established in business from 1888. Later assisted and succeeded by sons Gottfried and Albert, above. The firm is still the leading violin house in Sweden.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein geschickter schwedischer Geigenmacher der Gegenwart, der 1897 in
Malmö recht gute Arbeiten ausgestellt hatte. Er ist auch in der Wiederherstellung
alter Instrumente recht tüchtig; mehrere Arbeiten von ihm besitzt das
Musikhistorische Museum in Stockholm.
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Family
Albert Nilsson Son