Caspar Schonfelder
b. 1642
after 1714 Kraslice (Graslitz) Czech Republic. A founder of the luthiers guild in Markneukirchen in 1677 and president 1710-1714. His wife died of burns in the workshop of C. Reichel whilst making varnish. No source given; the story is repeated in Henley, Lütgendorff, and Vannes. — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
Caspar Born 1642 Markneukirchen, d. after 1714 Kraslice (Graslitz) Czech Republic. A founder of the luthiers guild in Markneukirchen in 1677 and president 1710-1714. His wife died of burns in the workshop of C. Reichel whilst making varnish. No source given; the story is repeated in Henley, Lütgendorff, and Vannes.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er war ein Exulant aus Graslitz, gehörte 1710 und 1713 dem Zunftrathe an und war bis 1690 Vormeister. Nebenbei betrieb er auch die Bäckerei. Seine Frau wurde am 8. Febr. 1706 in Hans Caspar Reichelt’s Haus geholt, um dort einen frisch gekochten, trefflich gelungenen Geigenlack zu bewundern. Der Lack entzündete sich, und sie erlitt dabei solche Brandwunden, dass sie elf Tage später, am 19. Febr., starb.
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