Budapest · b. 1859
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Page 194, scan 274.
KOEHLER (Ludwig) — Chicago. Born in Hungary at Abanj Szanto in 1859. Amateur maker who became a good professional. Before establishing himself in America he worked in the best Berlin workshops to improve himself. He has signed few instruments.
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 265, scan 269.
Koehler, Ludwig. — Budapest, Chicago. Geb. 1859 in Abauj Szántó (Ungarn)
two machine readings of this page disagree, and neither has been chosen yet
- 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 town, same time
54 other Budapest makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- died 1858 Brocsko, Karl
- born 1859 Köhler, Ludw
- died 1859 Patzelt, Ferdinand
- 1859 to 1896 Setzer, August
- born 1860 Pilát, Paul
- born 1861 Habits, Anton