Regensburg

26 makers. The earliest year printed is 1525, the latest 1871.

Every maker here has Regensburg in a printed line.

1500s

• 1525 Porgt, Ludwig
  Porgt, Ludwig. — Regensburg. 1525.

1600s

• 1603 Beichtner, Johann
  Beichtner, Johann. — Regensburg. 1603.
• 1670 Müller, Georg
  Müller, Georg. — Regensburg. 1670.
• died 1670 Wöndner, Hans
  Wöndner (Wendtner), Hans. — Regensburg. 1657. † 17. April 1670.
• 1689 Hädl, Johann
  Hädl (Hadl), Johann. — Regensburg. 1689. 1717.
• 1689 Härtl, Hans
  Härtl, Hans. — Regensburg. 1689

1700s

• 1701 Faron, Achille
  Faron, Achille. Only known by a MS. label, stating that he was working in Ratisbon in 1701.
• 1723 Ebner, Georg
  Ebner, Georg. — Regensburg. 1723.
• died 1729 Hädl, Joseph
  Hädl, Joseph. — Regensburg. 1700. † 27. Nov. 1729.
• 1752 Buchstatter, Gabriel David
  Buchstatter (Buchstetter), Gabriel David. Ratisbon, 1752; Cremona flat pattern; good orchestral instruments.
• died 1760 Ebner, Gotthard
  Ebner, Gotthard. — Regensburg. 1724. † 4. Mai 1760.
• 1760 Veichtner, Johann Georg
  Veichtner, Johann Georg. — Regensburg. 1760
• 1769 to 1834 Fischer, Joseph
  Fischer, Joseph. — Regensburg. Geb. 1769, † 22. Juni 1834
• about 1770 Buchstetter, G.-D.
  BUCHSTETTER (G.-D.) — Ratisbon circa 1770. Instruments of a graceful pattern, yellow varnish after Amati. Finished workmanship, but tone lacks refinement. No 229.
• 1770 Koßler, Ferdinand Andreas
  Koßler (Kosler), Ferdinand Andreas. — Regensburg. 1770. 1776
• about 1770 Widhalm, Anton
  WIDHALM (Anton) — Ratisbon circa 1770. Followed Stainer and Stradivarius. Thick dark red varnish. No 45.
• died 1786 Spat, Franz
  Spat, Franz. — Regensburg. † 23. Juli 1786

1800s

• 1808 to 1871 Schulz, Petrus
  Schulz, Petrus. — Regensburg. Geb. 17. Juli 1808 in Regensburg, † 2. April 1871
• died 1815 Schmahl, Carl
  Schmahl, Carl. — Regensburg. † 1815
• 1837 Schmidbauer, Jakob
  Schmidbauer, Jakob. — Regensburg. 1837.
• born 1839 Kerschensteiner, Xaver
  Kerschensteiner, Xaver. — Regensburg. Geb. in Parsberg (Ob.-Pf., Bayern) 7. Mai 1839.
• 1854 Schulz, Peter
  Schulz, Peter. A maker in Ratisbon. In 1854 he exhibited at Munich three excellent violins, made more after a German than Italian pattern; one was of especially beautiful workmanship, but its tone was not so clear and pure.
• 1858 Kurz, G. M.
  Kurz, G. M. — Regensburg. 1858

No year printed

• no year Buchstadter
  BUCHSTADTER, ——, Ratisbon, 18th century. His Violins are not equal in merit. Some have excellent wood, others very indifferent. When one of his best instruments can be procured, it is a good substitute for a second-class Italian.
• no year Buchstadter, Gabriel David
  BUCHSTADTER, Gabriel David, Ratisbon, 18th century. His Violins are not equal in merit. Some have excellent wood, others very indifferent. When one of his best instruments can be procured, it is a good substitute for a second-class Italian.
• no year Buchstäedter, Ratisbon
  Buchstäedter, Ratisbon—18th century.

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
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1884 and 1909
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Old violins, Haweis, 1905
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883

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