Pressburg

27 makers. The earliest year printed is 1706, the latest 1904.

Every maker here has Pressburg in a printed line.

1700s

• 1706 Leeb, Georg
  Leeb, Georg. — Pressburg. 1706. 1728.
• 1730 to 1740 Lotz, Theodor
  Lotz, Theodor. A maker of good violins in Pressburg, 1730-40.
• 1738 Lotz, T.
  Lotz, T., Presburg—1738.
• 1740 Leeb, Balthasar
  Leeb, Balthasar. — Preßburg, Tyrnau. 1740. 1758
• born 1740 Leeb, Joh
  Leeb, Joh. Georg. — Pressburg (auch Wien?). Geb. um 1740. 1813.
• 1740 to 1813 Leeb, Johann-Georg
  LEEB (Johann-Georg) — Presburg 1740-1813. Stainer model. Good workmanship. Dark brown varnish. The tone is generally not very clear. № 204.
• born 1740 Leeb, Johann Georg I.
  Leeb, Johann Georg I. — Preßburg. Geb. in Preßburg um 1740. 1810
• 1755 Thir, Anton
  Thir, Anton. — Pressburg. 1755. 1765.
• 1765 to 1790 Thir, Andreas
  Thir (Thier, Thirr), Andreas. — Pressburg. Geb. in Pressburg am 11. Aug. 1765, † nach 1790.
• 1779 to 1817 Leeb, Johann Georg II.
  Leeb, Johann Georg II. — Preßburg. Geb. 1779, † 3. März 1817

1800s

• 1805 Schmidt, Johann Martin
  Schmidt, Johann Martin. — Preßburg. 1805.
• 1808 to 1864 Hamberger, Joseph I
  Hamberger, Joseph I. — Preßburg. Geb. in Wien 1808, † 16. April 1864
• 1811 Schmied, Josef
  Schmied, Josef. — Preßburg. 1811
• 1820 Tauber, Andreas
  Tauber, Andreas. — Preßburg. 1820. 1830
• 1820 Wörle, Johann Paul
  Wörle, Johann Paul. — Pressburg. Tyrnau. 1820. 1827.
• 1822 Wacha, Albert
  Wacha, Albert. — Preßburg. 1822
• 1845 Hamberger, J.
  Hamberger, J., Presburg—1845.
• 1845 Hamberger, Joseph
  HAMBERGER, Joseph, Presburg, 1845.
• born 1860 Daum, Karl Wilhelm
  Daum, Karl Wilhelm. — Pressburg. Wiener-Neustadt. Geb. 19. Sept. 1860.
• died 1864 Hamberger, Josef I.
  Hamberger, Josef I. — Pressburg. 1842. † 1864 oder 1868.
• died 1870 Ertl, Karl
  Ertl, Karl, — Pressburg. 1836. 1848.
• died 1891 Hamberger, Ferdinand
  Hamberger, Ferdinand. — Preßburg. † 1891

1900s

• 1904 Kubescha, Alois
  Kubescha, Alois. — Preßburg (Pozsony). 1904

No year printed

• no year Ertl, Jakob
  Ertl, Jakob. — Pressburg. Ende des XVIII. Anf. des XIX. Jahrh.
• no year Leb
  LEB. Pressburg, eighteenth century; one of the best German makers of his time.
• no year Schmidt, Karl
  Schmidt, Karl. — Pressburg. Geb. Ende des XVIII. Jahrh. in Koethen.
• no year Thir
  THIR.—Presburg, Vienna; eighteenth century. Nine or ten makers of the name. There were two Antons in Presburg, and two in Vienna. One of the best was ANDREAS, who worked in Presburg until about 1798, and copied the form of Amati well.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• 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
• Old violins, Haweis, 1905
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928

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