Vienna School
Anton Hofmann
Vienna, 1814–1871
Apprenticed to J. Martin Stoss in Vienna and succeeded to his business in 1838. Appointed maker to the Austrian Imperial Court. Personal model with dark red oil varnish. Most made by his assistant W. T. Guterman 1851-1866. Cellos from the earlier period highly regarded; later examples used cheaper m\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
HOFMANN, Anton Born 1814, died 1871 Vienna Austria. Apprenticed to J. Martin Stoss in Vienna and succeeded to his business in 1838. Appointed maker to the Austrian Imperial Court. Personal model with dark red oil varnish. Most made by his assistant W. T. Guterman 1851-1866. Cellos from the earlier period highly regarded; later examples used cheaper materials and poor spirit varnish. Many commercial quality instruments on Cremonese and Stainer models from this later period. Highly regarded as a guitar maker. Ant Hofmann / reparirt in Wien, 1847 Anton Hofmann / kais. kön. Hof-geigenmacher / in Wein
Cecie Stainer+
Court maker in Vienna about 1850.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Schüler von Stoss. Unter den Wiener Geigenmachern aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts nimmt er einen bevorzugten Platz ein. Seine Geigen sind mit Geschick und Sauberkeit
gemacht; im Wiederherstellen besass er einen besonderen Ruf und wurde zum Hofgeigenmacher ernannt.
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