Schoneck School
Frederick Morris Konig
Schoneck, b. 1866
Pupil of his uncle Carl Neumärker. Worked for Gütter in Markneukirchen and Heckel in Dresden, where he also studied varnish making with Richard Weichold. Made his first violin in Berlin 1884. Moved to New York 1890 to work with Herman Konig, below, and with Peates’ Music House in Utica 1920. S\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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KÖNIG, Frederick Morris (Moritz) Born 1866 Schöneck, Saxony Germany, Worked from 1890 New York USA. Pupil of his uncle Carl Neumärker. Worked for Gütter in Markneukirchen and Heckel in Dresden, where he also studied varnish making with Richard Weichold. Made his first violin in Berlin 1884. Moved to New York 1890 to work with Herman Konig, below, and with Peates’ Music House in Utica 1920. Settled in the Bronx, New York 1925. About 200 instruments completed. Finely worked copies of Stradivari and Guarneri with shaded varnish. Fred. M. Koenig / Violin maker and repairer / Utica N.Y. 1920
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Working in Schoneck at the same time
Carl August (II) Neumarker 1812–1887
Carl Gottlob (II) Neumarker 1816–1896
Emil Muller worked 1926
Ernst Wilhelm Neumarker b. 1822
Franz Paul Petzold b. 1865
Franz Wilhelm Neumarker 1848–1929
Franz Wilhelm Neumurker b. 1883