Mainz · 1720 to 1750
Historical maker
Named in 3 books.
What the books printed
The violin, Hart, George, 1839-1891. [from old catalog]. London, Dubau and co. [etc.], 1875. Scan 268.
ELSLER, Joseph, Mayence, 1720—1750. Made many good Viols da Gamba.
The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 252, scan 326.
ELSLER, Joseph, Mayence, 1720—1750. Made many good Viols da Gamba.
The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 251.
ELSLER, Joseph, Mayence, 1720—1750. Made many good Viols da Gamba.
- Entries from 3 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
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
9 other Mainz makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1715 to 1768 Dopfer, Nicolaus
- 1715 to 1750 Elsler, Johann Joseph
- 1720 to 1750 Elsler, J.
- about 1740 Esler, Johann-Joseph
- 1770 to 1792 Diehl, Martin
- 1775 to 1818 Steininger, Jakob