Amati > Makers Archive > Johann Wilhelm Bindernagel

Johann Wilhelm Bindernagel

Biographies

John Dilworth

BINDERNAGEL, Johann Wilhelm Born 1770, died 1845 Remstadt, Thuringia Germany. Originally a carpenter, apprenticed to F. A. Ernst. Professional work in the style of Ernst, usually Amati but sometimes Stradivari models. Made guitars after J. A. Otto of Weimar; also harps and other stringed instruments. Manuscript label: Prope Stradivarius / von / J.W. Bindernagel / in Gotha 1828 Johann Wilhelm Bindernagel / Instrumentenmacher in Gotha 1798

Sell your instrument with Amati

Get started by uploading photos of your instrument for our experts to review.