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Geissenhoff, Franz

Vienna · 1754 to 1821

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 169, scan 191.

GEISSENHOFF, FRANZ.—Vienna; 1754-1821. By far the best of the Viennese makers, and a close imitator of the Stradivari pattern. All the details …

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Same town, same time

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

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