Weimar · b. 1764, d. 1830
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 264, scan 288.
OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers.
- May be the same person as Otto
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
3 other Weimar makers have a year in the 1700s.
- born 1705 Eylenstein, Adam
- about 1760 Artmann, b
- 1760 to 1829 Otto, Jakob August