Carl Mettus Weis
1806–1872
Hjorth. Several examples maintained in the Copenhagen Museum. Author of Om Violiner og deres Bygning (Violins and their Structure) (1861). C. Weis fec / E. Hjorth cor. / Havniae. Auribus non oculis / Havniae C. Weis. 1867 Carolus Weis Ope Uxoris Angelica frati Andrea — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
WEIS, Carl Mettus Born 1806, died 1872 Copenhagen Denmark Civil servant and amateur maker, taught by E. Hjorth. Several examples maintained in the Copenhagen Museum. Author of Om Violiner og deres Bygning (Violins and their Structure) (1861). C. Weis fec / E. Hjorth cor. / Havniae. Auribus non oculis / Havniae C. Weis. 1867 Carolus Weis Ope Uxoris Angelica frati Andrea
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein hoher dänischer Beamter (Departementsdirector im Cultusministerium), der als Liebhaber sehr gute Geigen gemacht hat. Mehrere davon mit Widmungsinschriften werden im Instrumenten-Museum in Kopenhagen aufbewahrt. Er schrieb auch »Om Violiner og deres Bygning«. Kopenhagen 1861.
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