Würzburg

25 makers. The earliest year printed is 1671, the latest 1894.

Every maker here has Würzburg in a printed line.

1600s

• about 1671 Staugtinger, Mathias W.
  Staugtinger, Mathias W., Würzburg, about 1671. Maker of Viols and Lutes.

1700s

• born 1701 Rauch, Josef
  Rauch, Josef. — Würzburg. Geb. 19. März 1701 in Prag, lebte noch nach 1760.
• 1715 Fischer, Philipp Jakob
  Fischer, Philipp Jakob. — Würzburg. 1715.
• 1715 to 1723 Gedler, Norbert
  GEDLER, NORBERT, Wurzburg, 1715 to 1723.
• 1723 Bedler, Norbert
  Bedler, Norbert. A maker in Würzburg in 1723. Was appointed maker to the Bavarian Court. In a viola di bordone in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the label. "Norbert Bedler, luthier de la Cour de Bavière à Wurtzbourg, 1723."
• 1730 Fischer, Z.
  Fischer, Z., Wurzburg—1730.
• 1730 to 1812 Fischer, Zacharias
  FISCHER, ZACHARIAS, Wurzburg, b. 1730, d. 1812.
• 1730 to 1812 Fischer, Zacharie
  FISCHER, ZACHARIE, Wurtzburg, 1730—1812. Not so much a violin maker as he was a violin baker, from a mistaken notion that it matured the wood.
• 1730 to 1760 Rauch, Wurzburg
  Rauch, Wurzburg—1730-60.
• 1742 Joann Georg Vogler
  JOANN GEORG VOGLER, Lautten- und Geigenmacher in Würtzburg. 1742
• 1745 to 1775 Staudinger, Mathaeus Wenzeslaus
  Staudinger (Stautinger), Mathaeus Wenzeslaus, Wurzburg, 1745 to 1775.
• 1749 Vogler, J. G.
  Vogler, J. G., Wurzburg—1749.
• 1749 Vogler, Johan Georg
  VOGLER, Johan Georg. Würzburg in 1749. Label: "Johann Georg Vogler, Lauten und Geigenmacher in Würzburg, 17—." His son was the celebrated Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler.
• 1749 to 1750 Vogler, Johann Georg
  Vogler, Johann Georg. Was working in Wurzburg in 1749. Label: "Johann Georg Vogler, Lauten und Geigenmacher in Würzburg, 17—. His son
• about 1750 Rauch, Joseph
  RAUCH (Joseph) — Würtzburg circa 1750. Good work.
• 1750 Vogler, Johann George
  VOGLER, Johann George, Wurzburg, 1750.

1800s

• 1832 Meindl, Franz Xaver
  Meindl, Franz Xaver. — Würzburg. 1832. 1864
• born 1849 Ritter, Hermann
  Ritter, Hermann. — Würzburg. Geb. 16. Sept. 1849 in Wismar.
• 1864 Meindl, J.
  Meindl, J. — Würzburg. — 1864. 1884.
• born 1865 Kriner, Josef Alois
  Kriner, Josef Alois. — Würzburg. Geb. 12. Mai 1865 zu Landshut a./Isar.
• born 1868 Keller, Philipp
  Keller, Philipp. — Würzburg. Geb. 30. April 1868 in Würzburg
• born 1872 Niedt, Karl
  Niedt, Karl. — Würzburg. Geb. 17. Dec. 1872 in Schweinfurt a./M. als Sohn eines Blechinstrumentenmachers.
• 1872 Roeser, Johann
  Roeser, Johann. — Würzburg. 1872. 1878
• died 1894 Meindl, Friedrich
  Meindl, Friedrich. — Würzburg. † 1894

No year printed

• no year Staudinger, Mathaeus Wenceslaus
  STAUDINGER, MATHAEUS WENCESLAUS.—Wurzburg; eighteenth century. In some of the labels the name is spelt Stautinger. The violins are very scarce, but are of fine workmanship.

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
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• The fiddle fancier's guide; a manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical and modern times, together with biographical notices and portraits of the most famous performers of these instruments, Fleming, 1892
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1875 and 1884
• Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
• Old violins and violin lore, Haweis, 1900

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