Mittenwald · towards 1730
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Page 162, scan 234.
HORENSTAINER (Joseph) — Mittenwald towards 1730. Together with the two following, this maker belongs to the large family of makers of this name, numbering no less than twenty members. None of them rose above the average. Tyrolese make of a pleasing kind.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
156 other Mittenwald makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1730 Bader, Martin
- about 1730 Hornstainer, Joseph
- 1730 Hornsteiner, Joseph
- 1730 Karner, Bartholomäus
- 1731 to 1739 Klotz, Josef Karl
- 1732 Händl, Mich