Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Mathias, Hornsteiner

Mittenwald · about 1770 to 1800

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 48, scan 56.
Hornsteiner (Hornstainer), Mathias. A maker in Mittenwald about 1770-1800. His instruments were better made than those of Joseph Hornsteiner. Label: "Mathias Hornsteiner der Geigenmacher in Mittenwald, 1770."
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Labels the books quote

  • "Mathias Hornsteiner der Geigenmacher in Mittenwald, 1770." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

156 other Mittenwald makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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