Klotz (violin makers)

Klotz (violin makers)

Klotz is a family of violin makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in Mittenwald, Germany from the mid-1600s to the present. Dictionaries of violin makers list more than 25 artisans by this name. Fact|date=February 2008 Matthias I (1656-1743) founded the Mittenwald school of violin making after study with Jacob Stainer and Nicolo Amati.Typical labels:
* Mattias Klotz Geigenmacher zu Mittenwald an der Iser 1697
* Mathias Klotz Lauten und Geigenmacher in Mittenwald an der Iser Anno 1695
* Mathias Kloz Lautenmacher. A label of the family [http://www.atelierlabussiere.com/klotzeti.jpg] in Mittenwalt Anno 1725.

Instruments by Sebastian I (1696-1768) are probably the most admired among the many existing examples by this family. Some instruments which have been identified as Sebastian's work bear his father's label.Typical labels:
* Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald an der Iser 1734
* Sebastian Kloz, in Mittenwald, an 1743
* Seb. G. Kloz in Mittenwald, 1732

Joseph (1743-1819), son of Sebastian, worked in a manner similar to that of his father.

The quality of their instruments varies enormously, and many inferior, unauthentic examples have labels bearing the Klotz name.

Translation:
* Geigenmacher: violin maker
* Lautenmacher: lute maker
* "See also Luthier"

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