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Johann Christian Hoffmann

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HOFFMANN, Johann Christian Worked circa. 1710-1750 Leipzig Germany. Important maker of viols and plucked instruments. Some violins and violas on Stainer model; also double basses; several five-string viola pomposas (examples in the Leipzig Museum): large violas with additional E string said to have been made for J. S. Bach. Fine golden-brown varnish. Johann Christian Hoffmann / Königl Poln. und Churfürstl. Sächs./ Hoff-Instrumenten und Lautenmacher / 1730 Joh: Christian Hoffmann / Königl Polnischer u Churfürstl. / Sächs Hof-instrumenten und / Lautenmacher. Leipzig, 1729

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