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Johann Christian Schlosser

worked 1737–1776

Member of the Klingenthal luthiers guild from 1737. Inelegant form, with long soundholes set inordinately close to the edges. High arch with plain materials and thin pale coloured varnish. Johann Christian Schlosser, violin / macher in Klingenthal, 1773 — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

Johann Christian Worked circa. 1737-1776 Klingenthal. Member of the Klingenthal luthiers guild from 1737. Inelegant form, with long soundholes set inordinately close to the edges. High arch with plain materials and thin pale coloured varnish. Johann Christian Schlosser, violin / macher in Klingenthal, 1773

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Fleissiger Geigenmacher, der bei einem Hopf oder Pfretzschner gelernt zu haben scheint. Er verwandte meist recht gutes Holz; die Einlage ist sauber, die Ecken sind sehr spitz, die F-Löcher ein wenig steif.

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