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Petz

Vienna · d. 1781

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 228, scan 250.

PETZ.—There were several makers of the name. One named Jacob dates from Vienna about 1830. Labels bear the two-headed eagle. An earlier maker in Vienna, Marianus Petz, died in 1781. Two others, Franz and Jacob, date from Vils in the Tyrol. The former died in 1772, the latter in 1824.

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Same name

Petz, Franz
Vils · 1760
Petz, Fussen
Füssen · 1770
Petz, Jak
No town printed · 1763
Petz, Jakob
Vils · 1763
Petz, Johann
Budapest
Petz, Marianus
Vienna · d. 1781

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

93 other Vienna makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Vienna makers

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MLA 9“Petz.” Bow & Bridge, 28 Sept. 2026, bowandbridge.com/makers/petz/. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

APA 7Bow & Bridge. (2026, September 28). Petz. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://bowandbridge.com/makers/petz/

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