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The violin maker, 1905
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 153. See the scan on archive.org.
1ter of violin making, and through his work the name of Klotz spread far and wide.
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5Matthias Klotz outlived his father many years. The number of his pupils grew with every year; among them were his three sons, George, Sebastian, and Karl, whom he instructed in the secrets of his art and made skillful masters of it. The instruments which came from the Klotz workshop rose higher and higher in price and sold for sums held almost fabulous at that time. Klotz enjoyed the name of "The First Violin Maker of Germany."
7In extreme old age, when the trembling hand of the master could work no more, Klotz visited the workshop of his pupils, examined their work and gave them many hints as to their improvement.
9He had worked fifty years in his birthplace, and ninety years lay heavy on his weary shoulders. Death drew near the gray old master. On the 16th of August, 1743, they bore him to eternal rest. He was buried in St. Nicholas'
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