Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Otto, Jacob August

Gotha · b. 1762, d. 1830

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 257, scan 333.
OTTO, Jacob August, born at Gotha, 1762, died 1830. Violin-maker to the court of Weimar. Received instructions from Franz Anton Ernst. He published a work in 1817 entitled, "Ueber den Bau …
The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 255.
OTTO, Jacob August, born at Gotha, 1762, died 1830. Violin-maker to the court of Weimar. Received instructions from Franz Anton Ernest. He published a work in 1817 entitled, "Ueber den …
Otto, Jacob August, born at Gotha, 1762, died 1830. Violin-maker to the Court of Weimar. Received instructions from Franz Anton Ernest. He published a work in 1817 entitled, "Ueber den …
  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 40 more Otto pages under O.

Same town, same time

5 other Gotha makers have a year in the 1700s.

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