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Otto, Christian

As printed

  1. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884)

    Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876.

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    1. THE VIOLIN.
    3. Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876.
    4. Otto, Heinrich, Berlin, third son of Jacob August. Born 1815, died 1858.
    5. Otto, Carl, Ludwigslust, fourth son of Jacob August. Born 1825, now living. Violin-maker to the court of Mecklenburg.
    6. Otto, C. U. F., Stockholm, fifth son of Jacob August. Now living.

  2. the violin its famous makers and their imitators (1909)

    Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876.

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    2. Otto, Georg August, son of Jacob August, born 1807, died 1859. Succeeded to the business of his father at Jena.
    4. Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876.
    6. Otto, Heinrich, Berlin, third son of Jacob August. Born 1815, died 1858.

Named in 2 books printed between 1884 and 1909. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. 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.

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One or more sources name this maker, and this record states only that: The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884); the violin its famous makers and their imitators (1909); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909). 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. Beyond what is printed there, nothing on this site confirms this record and no claim has been invented — not established, and we want to hear from you if you can change it.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876. reported1
Places and dates of work
Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876. reported1
Places and dates of work
Otto, Christian, Halle, second son of Jacob August. Born 1813, died 1876. 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. 3 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “SECTION XII.—ENGLISH MAKERS.”, “German Makers”, “SECTION X.—GERMAN 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. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884). archive.org, violinitsfamousm84hart. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm84hart.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. the violin its famous makers and their imitators (1909). archive.org, violinitsfamousm0000geor. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm0000geor.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London: Dulau, 1909). archive.org, violinitsfamousm00hart. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm00hart.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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