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Johannes Siegfried Finkel
Johannes Siegfried Finkel (1947) is a German born Swiss master bowmaker or bogenmacher. Biography Johannes Siegfried Finkel was born in Markneukirchen in 1947 to Siegfried Finkel and Hanna Weidhaas. In 1952, he and his family moved to Schwanden, Switzerland. Like his grandfather, Paul Weidhaas, Johannes learnt his craft from his father and expanded his knowledge through several years of travel abroad, working in London for J & A Beare J & A Beare (John & Arthur Beare) is a violin dealership and repair shop in central London founded in 1892. While in earliest incarnations, it constructed new instruments, it came over time primarily to focus on older ones. Primarily a family busi ... in London from 1968-1970. Then decided to move and work in Los Angeles for Hans Weisshaar, and later William Moennig & Son in Philadelphia. Returned to Brienz in 1974, with new ideas on bow making and restoration as well as networking. Upon his father’s retirement in 1984, Johannes took over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markneukirchen
Markneukirchen () is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany, close to the Czech Republic, Czech border. It lies in the Elster Mountains (part of the Fichtel Mountains), southeast of Plauen, and northeast of Aš (Czech Republic). Markneukirchen is the main town of the small musical instrument-making region Musikwinkel, known for four centuries for high quality brass, woodwind and string instruments. Within this small locality, 113 different enterprises are involved in making musical instruments. They rely on traditional methods but sell all over the world.The sweet sound of success BBC News, by Stephen Evans, 17 March 2013 The town is home to the Museum of Musical Instruments founded in 1883 by ''Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz''. It hosts an annual International Instrumental Music competition, Competition and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Finkel
Siegfried Finkel (1927-2010) was a German born Swiss master bowmaker or bogenmacher. Biography Siegfried Finkel was born in Koningsberg in 1927. After WWII, he came to Markneukirchen to learn bow-making and apprenticed with Paul Weidhaas, who soon became his father-in-law. After completing his apprenticeship became Weidhaas's associate. Siegfried also met Weidhaas's daughter Hanna, fell in love, and married. Their son Johannes Siegfried Finkel was born in 1947. In 1952, Siegfried moved to Schwanden, Switzerland where he joined Brienz Bogen AG, which had been co-founded by Adolf König and Carl Willy Hoyer in 1947. After Hoyer’s passing in 1955, Siegfried took over the firm, renaming it ‘ Brienz Bogenwerkstätte AG’, which he managed very successfully until his retirement in 1984. At which point his son Johannes took charge of the family business and carried on the Weidhaas-Finkel dynasty. Siegfried Finkel combined the best of French and German styles of bow making. He mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Weidhaas
Paul Weidhaas (1894–1962) was a German Master bowmaker or ''bogenmacher''. Biography Paul Weidhaas learned bow making from his father Ewald Weidhaas, in Markneukirchen. He then worked for E. Liebich in Breslau from 1911 to 1913 and then for Winterling in Hamburg 1913-1915. He took his master's examination (in bow making) in Hamburg in 1918. He returned to Markneukirchen and took over managing his father's shop. Between 1920-1930, to deepen his knowledge in bow making and networking he travelled to Holland where he worked for Max Möller, Vedral and J. Stüber and then Paris, where he worked for the highly esteemed master bow maker Victor Fetique alongside Victor's son Marcel Fetique and nephew André Richaume André Georges Richaume (8 February 1905 in Mirecourt – 31 March 1966 in Paris) was a prominent French bowmaker, from a family of bowmakers. His grandfather was Charles Claude Fétique (1853–1911), who was a violin maker, and who had .... This had a profoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J & A Beare
J & A Beare (John & Arthur Beare) is a violin dealership and repair shop in central London founded in 1892. While in earliest incarnations, it constructed new instruments, it came over time primarily to focus on older ones. Primarily a family business throughout its history, it included outside partners at its inception and in 1998 merged with another long established violin dealer, Morris & Smith, who now run the business following the resignation of Charles Beare in 2012. History John Beare (1847-1928) founded his shop in 1865. According to an 1898 book, he had soon gained "practically a monopoly of the old violin business in the provinces", being both knowledgeable and a skilled performer. In 1892, he divided his business in two, forming Beare & Son and Beare, Goodwin & Co, taking on Edward Goodwin as a partner in the latter and leaving his son Walter to run the former. The company dates its formation to that division. Beare, Goodwin & Co at that time was primarily engaged i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Weisshaar
Hans Weisshaar (Wildberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, August 25, 1913 - Los Angeles, June 24, 1991) was an important American violin restorer. He worked in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands before coming to the United States in 1937, where he was employed with Simone Sacconi at Emil Herrmann in New York. In 1947 he moved with his family to Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood ..., California, where he established his own business. He gained a reputation as an expert in the field through extensive teaching, lecturing, and judging in international competitions. In 1988 he published with Margaret Shipman his ''Manual for Violin Makers'', a work devoted to violin restoration. References 1913 births 1991 deaths People from Calw (district) Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moennig & Son
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
