Prague · b. 1819, d. 1878
Historical maker
Named in 5 books.
Also recorded as: Sitt, A.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 83, scan 93. Held as more than one scan.
Sitt, A. A maker in Prague, d. 1878. A violin exhibited at Munich, in 1854, made on the Stradivari pattern, showed fine work; only the wood was rather thick and the tone slightly rough and dull, but both these defects would naturally wear off with time.
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 83, scan 91.
Sitt, A. A maker in Prague. A violin that he exhibited at Munich, in 1854, made on the Stradivari pattern, showed fine work; only the wood was rather thick and the tone slightly rough and dull, but both these defects would naturally wear off with time.
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 470, scan 474.
Sitt, Anton. — Prag. Geb. 5. Februar 1819 in Vál (Ungarn, Stuhlweißenburger Komitat), † 19. November 1878 zu Prag
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 599, scan 621.
Sitt, Anton. — Prag. Geb. 5. Febr. 1819 in Vál (Ungarn, Stuhlweissenburger Comitat), † 19. Nov. 1878 zu Prag.
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 273, scan 297.
SITT, A. Prague, 1854. Stradivari pattern, which improve with age.
- Entries from 5 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.
Same town, same time
35 other Prague makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1810 Helmer, Josef
- died 1813 Liehr, Gottl
- born 1818 Procházka, Johann
- 1821 to 1893 Urban, Joseph
- 1822 to 1847 Sandner, Ignaz
- 1825 to 1890 Dvořák, Johann Baptist