Mittenwald · about 1700 to 1740
Historical maker
Named in 3 books.
What the books printed
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 257, scan 281.
KLOTZ, Sebastian, a brother of Joseph and George Klotz. 1700-40. The best maker in the family. Large pattern, not much arched; varnish is excellent, the tone clear and full.
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 53, scan 61.
Klotz, Sebastian, a brother of Joseph and George Klotz. Worked in Mittenwald about 1700-40. He seems to have been the best maker in the family. …
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 53, scan 63. Held as more than one scan.
Klotz, Sebastian, a brother of Joseph and George Klotz. Worked in Mittenwald about 1710-40. He seems to have been the best maker in the family. …
- Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
Labels the books quote
- "Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald, an. 1700." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
- "Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald, an. 1730." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
Same name
- Klotz
- Klotz, (G.) Seb
- Klotz, Aeg
- Klotz, Aegidius (*Egidi*)
- Klotz, Aegidius I
- Klotz, Aegidius Sebastian (Egidi II.)
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 43 more Klotz pages under K.
Same town, same time
156 other Mittenwald makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1696 to 1767 Klotz, Sebastian I
- 1696 to 1767 Klotz, Sebastian I (Sebastian Anton)
- 1700 to 1760 Klotz, (G.) Seb
- born 1708 Neuner, Barthel
- 1709 to 1790 Klotz, Joan-Carol
- born 1709 Klotz, Johann Carl