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Otto SCHUNEMANN

Highest auction price

£3,120

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Cello 76.0 cm Schwerin, 1892 Sat 1st November 2008 £2,794
Violin 1891 Wed 1st October 2003 £3,120
Violin 1888 Mon 1st February 1993 £1,078
Biographies

John Dilworth

SCHÜNEMANN, Otto Born 1837 Dargun, died 1914 Hamburg Germany. Violinist. Became a luthier under the influence of Dr. Wirsing of Prague; mainly self-taught in Hamburg. Founded a violin making school in Schwerin 1888, with the patronage of the Duke of Mecklenburg, returning to Hamburg in 1898. Finely made compact model with flat arch, large scroll, fine materials, and red-brown varnish. Deutsche Geigenmacher Schule / Otto Schünemann / Schwerin i M. 1892

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