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

Otto, Georg August

Jena · b. 1807, d. 1859

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 257, scan 333.
OTTO, Georg August, son of Jacob August, born 1807, died 1859. Succeeded to the business of his father at Jena.
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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 255.
OTTO, Georg August, son of Jacob August, born 1807, died 1859. Succeeded to the business of his father at Jena.
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The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 268, scan 332. Held as more than one scan.
Otto, Georg August, son of Jacob August, born 1807, died 1859. Succeeded to the business of his father at Jena.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 40 more Otto pages under O.

Same town, same time

2 other Jena makers have a year in the 1800s.

All Jena makers