Gotha

16 makers. The earliest year printed is 1745, the latest 1868.

Every maker here has Gotha in a printed line.

1700s

• 1745 to 1804 Ernst, F. A.
  Ernst, F. A., Gotha—1745-1804.
• 1745 to 1805 Ernst, Franz Anton
  ERNST, FRANZ ANTON, Gotha, b. 1745, d. 1805.
• 1754 Opfermann, Johann Georg
  Opfermann, Johann Georg. — Gotha. Getauft am 4. August 1754 in Gotha, lebte noch 1797.
• 1762 to 1830 Otto, Jacob August
  Otto, Jacob August, born at Gotha, 1762, died 1830. Violin-maker to the Court of Weimar. Received instructions from Franz Anton Ernest. He published a work in 1817 entitled, "Ueber den …
• 1762 to 1830 Otto, Jacob Augustus
  OTTO, Jacob Augustus, Gotha, 1762—1830.
• 1770 to 1845 Bindernagel, Johan-Wilhelm
  BINDERNAGEL (Johan-Wilhelm) — Gotha 1770-1845. Well made instruments. Red varnish. No 245.

1800s

• 1810 Behrmann, Fried
  Behrmann, Fried. Aug. — Gotha. 1810.
• 1817 to 1864 Lotz, Robert
  Lotz, Robert. — Gotha. Geb. 11. Febr. 1817 in Gotha, † um 1864 (in Dresden?).
• 1817 to 1864 Robert, Lotz
  Lotz, Robert. — Gotha. Geb. 11. Febr. 1817 in Gotha, † um 1864 (in Dresden?)
• died 1845 Bindernagel, Johann Wilhelm
  BINDERNAGEL, JOHANN WILHELM, Gotha, b. Remstadt bei Gotha about 1770, d. Gotha, 1845.
• died 1850 Schramm, Joh
  Schramm, Joh. G. 1805. † 1850. Gotha.
• died 1850 Schramm, Johann Gott(fried?)
  Schramm, Johann Gott(fried?). — Gotha. 1805. † um 1850
• died 1868 Keil, Bernhard
  Keil, Bernhard. — Gotha. † um 1868 in Eisenach (?)

No year printed

• no year Bindernagel
  BINDERNAGEL, ——, Gotha, 18th century, Copied Amati chiefly. There are a few of his instruments which are on the model of Stradivari, and are highly valued in Germany.
• no year Binternaglè
  BINTERNAGLÈ, —— Gotha, 18th Century.
• no year Robert, Lotz
  Robert Lotz, Instrumentenmacher in Gotha.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1884
• 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, 1866
• the violin its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, Hart, 1880
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• Dictionnaire des luthiers anciens et modernes, critique et documentaire — Tome additif (supplement), 1929

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.