Berlin · b. 1856
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Page 164, scan 236.
KESSLER (Ernst) — Berlin. Born at Markneukirchen in 1856. Pupil of A. Voigt and of Ludwig Otto. His work is much appreciated in Germany. Label : « Ernst Kessler, E.-K. Fecit Berlin 1898 ».
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 327, scan 349.
Kessler, Ernst. — Berlin. Geb. 9. Sept. 1856 in Markneukirchen als Sohn eines Saitenmachers.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.
Same name
- Kessler, Aug
- Kessler, August Wilhelm
- Kessler, Christ
- Kessler, Christ
- Kessler, Christian Friedrich
- Kessler, Christian Gottfried
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 37 more Kessler pages under K.
Same town, same time
41 other Berlin makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1848 Schnarchendorff, Daniel
- born 1860 Kurth, Theodor
- born 1862 Levien, Julius
- born 1863 Ferenczy-Tomasowsky, Karl (auch Karl F. Tomasowski)
- born 1863 Friedel, Heinrich August
- born 1866 Seifert, Otto