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Fischer, Anton

1794–1879

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna.

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    2. Fiscer, Carlo and Giuseppe; two brothers working in Milan together about 1760-64. Their work resembles more that of German than Italian makers, but their varnish is better; it is a yellow-red colour and, for that date, very satisfactory. In a well made violin is the label: "Giuseppe Carlo fratelli Fiscer, fabbricatori d'instrumenti in Milano, vicino alla balla, 1764."
    4. Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna.
    6. Fischer, Johann Ulrich. The label, "J. Fischer, Landshut, 1722," was in a tromba-marina in the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. A viola da gamba was dated 1720.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna.

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    2. Fiscer, Carlo and Giuseppe; two brothers working in Milan together about 1760-64. Their work resembles more that of German than Italian makers, but their varnish is better; it is a yellow-red colour and, for that date, very satisfactory. In a well-made violin is the label: "Giuseppe Carlo fratelli Fiscer, fabbricatori d'instrumenti in Milano, vicino alla balla, 1764."
    4. Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna.
    6. Fischer, Johann Ulrich. The label, "J. Fischer, Landshut, 1722," was in a tromba-marina in the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. A viola da gamba was dated 1720.

  3. Old violins (1905)

    FISCHER, Anton, b. 1794, d. 1879. Vienna.

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    2. FISCHER, Carlo and Giuseppe, brothers. Milan about 1760-64; inclined to German style, but good varnish.
    4. FISCHER, Anton, b. 1794, d. 1879. Vienna.
    6. FISCHER, Zacharie, b. Nov. 5, 1730, Würzburg; d. there Nov. 27, 1812; first began baking his wood to age it; his violins are still liked.

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Record note

Not established is the honest state of this record: it rests on one or more sources naming this maker, and nothing else on this site confirms it. Printed in: A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896); Old violins (1905). Entries from 3 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. No claim beyond what those sources state has been invented here; if you can add to it, we want to hear from you.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna. reported1
Places and dates of work
Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna. reported1
Places and dates of work
Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879. A maker in Vienna. reported1
Places and dates of work
FISCHER, Anton, b. 1794, d. 1879. Vienna. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1794. As printed in the cited source: “Fischer, Anton, b. 1794” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1879. As printed in the cited source: “Fischer, Anton, b. 1794; d. 1879” reported1

How the pages were read

6 of the 6 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”, “DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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