Nicolaus Georg Skomal
worked 1776–1820
Appointed luthier to the Austrian court 1809. Violins and plucked instruments, typical of the Prague school. Flat arch with mediocre brown varnish and fairly plain materials. Henley describes cellos on a Guadagnini-like model of better quality. Various labels found with the name given as Nicolaus Sk\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
SKOMAL, Nicolaus Georg Worked circa. 1776-1820 Graz Austria. Appointed luthier to the Austrian court 1809. Violins and plucked instruments, typical of the Prague school. Flat arch with mediocre brown varnish and fairly plain materials. Henley describes cellos on a Guadagnini-like model of better quality. Various labels found with the name given as Nicolaus Skomal and Georg Skomal as well as Nicolaus Georg. Nicolaus Georgius Skomal / fecit Graecii, 1798
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein guter Lauten- und Geigenmacher, von dem es auch verschiedenerlei Guitarren giebt. Vielleicht der Vater von Niklas Skomal. Seine Arbeit erinnert in Einzelheiten an die Prager Schule. Ein Violon in verjüngtem Maassstabe von ihm besitzt die Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien.
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