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Lemböck, Gabriel

1814–1892

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. …

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    2. Le Lièvre. A maker in Paris about 1750-80. Label in a violin, fairly well made, with yellow varnish: "Le Lièvre rue des Noniandières à Paris, 1754."
    4. Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. In 1840 he started a business there in Canovastrasse. Was appointed Instrument maker to the Imperial Court. He was celebrated for his skill in repairing old instruments. He exhibited two violins, very good copies of Guarneri, at Munich, 1854. A quartet of instruments, exhibited in London, 1862, were also made after the Italian pattern, and were admired for the beauty and fulness of their tone. Carl Haudek, who had worked with Lemböck, until the death of the latter, succeeded to the business.
    6. L'Empereur, Jean Baptiste. A maker in Paris in 1750, who left few instruments.

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

    Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. …

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    1. Le Jeune, Jean Charles. A maker of violins in Paris in 1776 at the sign "Au Dieu de l'Harmonie"; worked in the rue du Four Saint-Germain till 1783, and was succeeded by his nephew, Guillaume Martin, in 1822.
    2. Le Jeune, Louis. A maker of violins in Paris, rue de la Juiverie, 1783-89.
    3. Le Lièvre. A maker in Paris about 1750-80. Label in a violin, fairly well made, with yellow varnish: "Le Lièvre rue des Noniandières à Paris, 1754."
    4. Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. In 1840 he started a business there in Canovastrasse. Was appointed Instrument maker to the Imperial Court. He was celebrated for his skill in repairing old instruments. He exhibited two violins, very good copies of Guarneri, at Munich, 1854. A quartet of instruments, exhibited in London, 1862, were also made after the Italian pattern, and were admired for the beauty and fulness of their tone. Carl Haudek, who had worked with Lemböck, until the death of the latter, succeeded to the business.
    5. L'Empereur, Jean Baptiste. A maker in Paris in 1750, who left few instruments.
    6. Lenk, W., b. 1840, at Schönbach bei Eger, Bohemia. Worked under Kessler in Markneukirchen; then for five years in Berlin; also under E. Liebich in Breslau; in Vienna, Budapest, and Munich. He finally settled at Frankfort a/M. in the Promenade Platz. Was awarded a silver medal at Frankfort, 1881.
    7. Lentz (Lenz), Johann Nicolaus. A German who came from the Tyrol to London; was a friend of Bernhard Fendt, and thus probably gained some knowledge of violin making. He began his own business in Chelsea about 1800; he was a good maker, generally used a close-grained maple-wood, and varnish similar to that used by Dodd and J. F. Lott, sen. Label: "Johann Nicolaus Lentz fecit near the Church, Chelsea, 1803."

  3. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909)

    LEMBÖCK, Gabriel, Budapest, 19th century.

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    1. KRINER, Joseph, Mittenwald, 1786.
    2. LASKA, Joseph, Prague, born at Rumburg, 1738,
    3. died 1805. Worked with J. Kolditz.
    4. LEMBÖCK, Gabriel, Budapest, 19th century.
    5. Maker; also known as a repairer of old instruments.
    6. MANN, Hans, Naples.
    7. MAUSIELLL, Leonard, Nuremberg, 1745. Stainer

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Printed in A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. 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. No claim beyond the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

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Places and dates of work
Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. … reported1
Places and dates of work
Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. … reported1
Places and dates of work
Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. … reported1
Places and dates of work
LEMBÖCK, Gabriel, Budapest, 19th century. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1814. As printed in the cited source: “Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1892. As printed in the cited source: “Lemböck, Gabriel, b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892” reported1

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  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 3 linessource 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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  4. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909). archive.org, violinitsfamousm00hartuoft. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm00hartuoft.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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