Weimar

8 makers. The earliest year printed is 1679, the latest 1895.

Every maker here has Weimar in a printed line.

1600s

• 1679 Stinberg, Jakob
  Stinberg (?) (Steinberg?), Jakob. — Weimar. 1679

1700s

• born 1705 Eylenstein, Adam
  Eylenstein, Adam. — Weimar. Geb. 11. Mai 1705 in Weimar, †?
• about 1760 Artmann, b
  Artmann, b. at Weimar. Was working about 1760. At first a joiner by trade, then became a pupil of Ernst of Gotha. His instruments are made on the Amati pattern, rather arched, with yellow varnish.
• 1760 to 1829 Otto, Jakob August
  Otto, Jakob August. — Weimar, Jena. Geb. in Gotha 1760, † zu Lobeda 1829
• 1764 to 1830 Otto
  OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers.

1800s

• 1835 Höhne, Gustav II.
  Höhne, Gustav II. — Weimar. 1835. 1885
• 1895 Höhne, Carl
  Höhne, Carl. — Weimar. 1895.
• 1895 Höhne, Karl
  Höhne, Karl. — Weimar. 1895

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
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, 1896
• Old violins, Haweis, 1905

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