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

Otto, Jakob August

Weimar · b. 1760, d. 1829

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 38, scan 60. Held as more than one scan.
OTTO, JAKOB AUGUST, Weimar, Jena, b. Gotha, 1760, d. 1829. A famous German maker who published a manual of violin building.
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Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 363, scan 367.
Otto, Jakob August. — Weimar, Jena. Geb. in Gotha 1760, † zu Lobeda 1829
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  • Entries from 2 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

3 other Weimar makers have a year in the 1700s.

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