!!!Geigenbau

Violin-making, in Austria since around 1500; at first the centre of 
violin and lute-making was situated in Tyrol, with G. Diffenprucker 
(1514-1570), J.  Stainer (1621-1683) and the Klotz family (founders of 
the Mittenwald violin manufacture) as the most famous exponents. In 
the course of the 18%%sup th/%  and especially the 19%%sup th/%  
centuries Vienna became the leading place for violin and piano-making; 
among the many violin-makers were the Thier family, F. Geissenhof and 
J. G. Stauffer as well as the Enzensperger, Feilnreiter and Zach 
families.

!Literature
H. Ottner, Der Wiener Instrumentenbau 1815-33, 1977; F. 
Prochart, Der Wiener Geigenbau im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, 1979.


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