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Strnad, Caspar

Prague · b. 1752, d. 1823

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

Also recorded as: Strnad, Gaspar

What the books printed

Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 259, scan 281.
STRNAD, CASPAR.—Prague. Died 1823. Fine red varnish, pattern usually that of Stradivari. He used several different labels, engraved with musical instruments and other devices.
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 90, scan 100. Held as more than one scan.
Strnad, Caspar, b. 1752 at Prague; d. 1823. Was a pupil of Hulinski, a maker in Prague. His violins and violoncellos show good work, the …
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Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, Joseph. London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866. Page 80, scan 88.
STRNAD, GASPAR, Prague, 1781 to 1793.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Caspar Strnad fecit Pragae, anno 1789." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
  • "Caspar Strnad fecit Pragæ, anno 1789." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

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

Same town, same time

43 other Prague makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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