Klingenthal School
August Merz
Klingenthal, 1851–1910
Nephew and pupil of Christian Merz, below. Worked in Leipzig for L. Bausch, and in Altenburg from c.1877 with premises on Pauritzer Gasse. Appointed luthier to the court 1884. Succeeded in business by Paul Hoyer. Personal and classical Cremonese models with own oil varnish. Aug. Merz / Hofinstrument\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
MERZ, August Born 1851 Klingenthal, died 1910 Altenburg, Thuringia Germany. Nephew and pupil of Christian Merz, below. Worked in Leipzig for L. Bausch, and in Altenburg from c.1877 with premises on Pauritzer Gasse. Appointed luthier to the court 1884. Succeeded in business by Paul Hoyer. Personal and classical Cremonese models with own oil varnish. Aug. Merz / Hofinstrumentenmacher / Altenburg S.A. 18..
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Schüler seines Oheims, Chr. Merz; arbeitete vier Jahre bei Ludwig Bausch
& Sohn in Leipzig, machte sich 1877 zu Altenburg selbstständig und ist 1885
zum Hof – Streichinstrumenten- und Bogenmacher ernannt worden. Er macht
neue Streichinstrumente nach Stradivari, Guarneri und reparirt auch. Eigenthümlich
ist die Lage des Bassbalkens an den von ihm ausgebesserten
Instrumenten. Seinen Öllack setzt er selbst zusammen. Inhaber der silbernen Staatsmedaille der 1886er Landesausstellung.
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