Christoph (III) Wasslberger
c.1730–1798
Considered the best maker of the family. Medium to low arching. Italian models. Finely worked details and well proportioned scroll. Label found in a book preserved in the Museum Charles Auguste in Salzburg: Christoph Wasslberger, geigen / und Lauten-macher in Halle / 1763 [Vannes] — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
Christoph (III) Born circa. 1730, died 1798. Considered the best maker of the family. Medium to low arching. Italian models. Finely worked details and well proportioned scroll. Label found in a book preserved in the Museum Charles Auguste in Salzburg: Christoph Wasslberger, geigen / und Lauten-macher in Halle / 1763 [Vannes]
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Besonders tüchtiger Meister, dessen Violinen unter Umständen auf 600 bis 1000 M. Werth geschätzt werden; er scheint italienische Geigen gekannt zu haben und nahm die Wölbung daher oft flacher als die übrigen Halleiner Geigenmacher.
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