Bow & Bridge

Otto, Carl Christian

1792–1853

As printed

  1. Old violins (1905)

    OTTO, Carl Christian, second son of J. A. Otto, 1792; Halle; repairs old instruments.

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    2. OTTO, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. 1801, Jena; d. 1883, Ludwigslust; maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
    4. OTTO, Carl Christian, second son of J. A. Otto, 1792; Halle; repairs old instruments.
    6. OTTO, C. W. F. Louis, fifth son of J. A. Otto, 1805-84, Stockholm.

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792, d. 1853.

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    2. OTT, JOHANNES, Fussen, 1727.
    4. OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792, d. 1853.
    6. OTTO, CARL GUSTAV, Markneukirchen, b. 1857.

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Not established: that is this record’s honest state, resting on one thing alone — An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926); Old violins (1905), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 2 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 what is printed there has been invented here. If more can be said, write in and tell us.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792, d. 1853. reported1
Places and dates of work
OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792, d. 1853. reported1
Places and dates of work
OTTO, Carl Christian, second son of J. A. Otto, 1792; Halle; repairs old instruments. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1792. As printed in the cited source: “OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1853. As printed in the cited source: “OTTO, CARL CHRISTIAN, Halle, b. Weimar, 1792, d. 1853” reported1

How the pages were read

5 of the 5 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. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”, “DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS”.

Notes

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The books behind this record

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  1. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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