Nuremberg · 1854
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 75, scan 83.
Rau, J. F. A maker in Nuremberg. Exhibited at Munich, in 1854, a violin of good though rather coarse tone, which would improve with time.
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 75, scan 85. Held as more than one scan.
Rau, J. F. A maker in Nuremberg. Exhibited at Munich, in 1854, a violin of good though rather coarse tone, which would improve with time
Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 1 more Rau page under R.
Same town, same time
12 other Nuremberg makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- born 1846 Sprenger, Josef Ferdinand
- 1848 to 1896 Sprenger, Augustin
- 1857 to 1882 Rau, Paul
- born 1862 Heberlein, Richard
- born 1870 Rau, Karl
- born 1871 Schulz, August