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Haensel, Johann Anton

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article …

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    1. H.
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    4. Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (Leipzig), called "Ueber den Bau der Violine," in which he described a new form for the violin, which he said he had invented as early as 1801. The invention did not live.
    6. Haff. A maker in Augsburg in the 18th century.

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  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article …

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    2. H.
    4. Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article in the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (Leipzig), called "Ueber den Bau der Violine," in which he described a new form for the violin, which he said he had invented as early as 1801. The invention did not live.
    6. Haff. A maker in Augsburg in the 19th century.

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Record note

What this record rests on is A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. Nothing else on this site confirms it and no claim has been invented beyond that naming — not established, until someone can tell us more.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article … reported1
Places and dates of work
Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article … reported1
Places and dates of work
Haensel, Johann Anton. Was maker and chamber musician to the Duke of Schönburg, at Rochsburg, about 1800-15. In Jan., 1811, he published an article … reported1

How the pages were read

3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

Notes

  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 2 sources. Each is listed below with how it was read, because a claim read from a photo of the page is stronger than one read from machine text.

  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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