Mainz

20 makers. The earliest year printed is 1715, the latest 1896.

Every maker here has Mainz in a printed line.

1700s

• 1715 to 1768 Dopfer, Nicolaus
  Dopfer (Döpfer), Nicolaus. A maker in Mayence about 1750-68. His instruments are well made, slightly arched, the sound-holes small but well cut, the varnish is brown. A few tenors of his are known. — governing section heading: "A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS." — the trade evidence is the heading over this list, not the entry's own line — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
• 1715 to 1750 Elsler, Johann Joseph
  Elsler (Esler), Johann Joseph. A maker in Mayence about 1715-30. One bass-viol with seven strings, the head of a woman instead of scroll, and with varnish of a yellow-brown colour, was dated 1728. Label: "Joann Joseph Esler, Lauten und Geigenmacher, Meyntz, 1717."
• 1720 to 1750 Elsler, J.
  Elsler, J., Mayence—1720-50.
• 1720 to 1750 Elsler, Joseph
  ELSLER, Joseph, Mayence, 1720—1750. Made many good Viols da Gamba.
• about 1740 Esler, Johann-Joseph
  ESLER (Johann-Joseph) — Mayence circa 1740. Good work. Stainer model. Particularly successful with his violas and 'cellos. Brown yellow varnish.
• 1770 to 1792 Diehl, Martin
  Diehl (probably always spelt Diel), Martin. A maker in Mayence in the 18th century. His father-in-law, Nicolaus Döpfer, was his first master; later he worked with Carl Helmer of Prague. His work was not good.
• 1775 to 1818 Steininger, Jakob
  Steininger, Jakob, Passau, Mainz, Frankfurt, Aschaffenburg, 1775 to 1818.
• 1777 Stainmist, Jacob
  Stainmist, Jacob. A maker in Mayence in 1777. In a viola d'amore, with fourteen strings, was the label: "Jacobus Stainmist Churfürstl Mayntzl Hof Lauten und Geigenmacher, 1777. No. 5."
• 1778 to 1850 Steininger, Franz Xaver (François)
  Steininger, Franz Xaver (François), Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Paris, St. Petersburg, b. Mainz, 1778, d. about 1850.
• 1782 to 1856 Vauchel, Jean
  VAUCHEL (Jean) — Mayence 1782-1856. Frenchman established in Germany. His instruments are valued by artists for their Italian quality of tone.

1800s

• about 1835 Voel, Jacob
  VOEL (Jacob) — Mayence circa 1835. Stradivarius model. Dark red varnish. Good make. Large sound holes.
• 1837 Voel, Jakob
  Voel, Jakob. — Mainz, Frankfurt a./M. 1837. 1840.
• about 1840 Voel, E.
  Voel, E. A maker in Mayence about 1840. His instruments follow the Stradivari more than the German pattern; the sound-holes are large, the varnish a red-brown colour, the head is well cut, the general workmanship good.
• 1840 Voel, E. Mayence
  VOEL, E. Mayence, 1840; his instruments follow the Stradivari more than the German pattern; general workmanship good.
• 1870 Milch, A.
  Milch, A. — Mainz. 1870. 1881
• died 1875 Diehl, Felix
  Diehl, Felix. — Mainz. 1850. † nach 1875
• 1896 Poppe, Reinhold
  Poppe, Reinhold. — Mainz. 1896

No year printed

• no year Diehl, Johann
  Diehl (Diel), Johann, a brother of Nicolaus Diehl. Was a maker in Mayence.
• no year Diel, Johann
  Diehl (Diel), Johann, a brother of Nicolaus Diehl. Was a maker in Mayence.
• no year Diel, Martin
  Diehl (probably always spelt Diel), Martin. A maker in Mayence in the 18th century. His father-in-law, Nicolaus Döpfer, was his first master; later he worked with Carl Helmer of Prague. His work was not good.

The books that name them

• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, 1896
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1884
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• Old violins and violin lore, Haweis, 1900

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