Carl Boniface Sprenger
1805–1875
Worked with Vauchel in Mainz before settling in Nuremberg. Good materials and varnish. Cellos especially successful. Also maker of plucked instruments. — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
Carl Boniface Born 1805 Mittenwald, died 1875 Nuremberg Germany. Worked with Vauchel in Mainz before settling in Nuremberg. Good materials and varnish. Cellos especially successful. Also maker of plucked instruments.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Erlernte in Mittenwald das Geigenmachen und arbeitete später mit Vauchel zusammen. Namentlich seine Violoncelli waren beliebt und sind heute noch geschätzt. Er verwendete selbstbereiteten Öllack, manchmal auch Spirituslack.
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