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Kram, Andreas Ernst

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: “Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767”; a similar one is dated 1781.

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    2. Koliker, Jean Gabriel. Worked in Paris, 1783-99, in rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-des-Prés; in 1800 he moved to 24, rue Croix-des-petits-Champs. Ch. F. Gand bought his business in 1820. It is doubtful if he made any new instruments, but he was an extremely clever repairer of old ones.
    4. Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: "Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767"; a similar one is dated 1781.
    6. Kramer, H. A maker in Vienna in 1717. In the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde there is a viola di bordone dated "Wien, 1717."

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

    Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: “Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767”; a similar one is dated 1781.

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    2. Koliker, Jean Gabriel. Worked in Paris, 1783-99, in rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-des-Prés; in 1800 he moved to 24, rue Croix-des-petits-Champs. Ch. F. Gand bought his business in 1820. It is doubtful if he made any new instruments, but he was an extremely clever repairer of old ones.
    4. Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: "Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767"; a similar one is dated 1781.
    6. Kramer, H. A maker in Vienna in 1717. In the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde there is a viola di bordone dated "Wien, 1717."

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Places and dates of work
Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: “Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767”; a similar one is dated 1781. reported1
Places and dates of work
Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: “Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767”; a similar one is dated 1781. reported1
Places and dates of work
Kram, Andreas Ernst. A maker of cithers in Nuremberg, about 1765-85. Label: “Andreas Ernst Kram, Instrument Macher in Nürnberg, an. 1767”; a similar one is dated 1781. reported1

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3 of the 3 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. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A 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 1 linesource 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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