Joseph Wagner
1729–1781
Appointed luthier to the court 1774. Tyrolean work with medium high arch and neat precise workmanship. Wide-set Stainer soundholes, slightly opaque yellow-brown varnish. Scrolls of pear wood; nicely concentric but with a prominent eye. Me Fecit Joseph Wagner Fecit Joseph Wagner, Sereniss. / Princip.\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
WAGNER, Joseph Born 1729, died 1781 Konstanz Germany. Appointed luthier to the court 1774. Tyrolean work with medium high arch and neat precise workmanship. Wide-set Stainer soundholes, slightly opaque yellow-brown varnish. Scrolls of pear wood; nicely concentric but with a prominent eye. Me Fecit Joseph Wagner Fecit Joseph Wagner, Sereniss. / Princip. Camr. Musicus / 1790 Constantiae [Hamma]
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Wahrscheinlich ein Sohn von Thomas Wagner aus Oberammergau, der sich 1728 in Konstanz verheirathete. Seine Violinen und Violen erinnern an die Tyroler Schule, doch soll er eine Amati-Geige besessen haben, die er zum Vorbild nahm. Seine Arbeit ist gut und das Holz mit Verständniss gewählt. Eine Violine, deren Umrisse im Rococogeschmack angeordnet sind, besitzt P. De Wit’s musikhist. Mus. in Leipzig.
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Family
Sebastian Wagner Brother