Innsbruck · about 1680 to 1688
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 260, scan 336.
Schorn, Johann, Innspruck, about 1680. An excellent maker; the varnish is similar to that of Albani; high modelled. He appears to have removed to Salzburg. There are Viols of his make dated from there in 1696 and 1699.
Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, Joseph. London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866. Page 77, scan 85.
SCHORN, JOHANN, Inspruck, 1688.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
6 other Innsbruck makers have a year in the 1600s.
- died 1608 Losio, Pietro Maria
- 1647 Seelos, Georg I.
- 1650 to 1682 Seelos, Georg II.
- 1660 Seelos, Georg
- 1688 Schorn, J.
- 1697 Menette, Joseph