Klotz is a family of

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makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in

Mittenwald Mittenwald () is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the river Isar, ...

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from the mid-17th century to the present.

Matthias Klotz Matthias Klotz (1653–1743) was a German luthier, a member of the Klotz family of violin makers that flourished in Mittenwald, Germany as early as 1683. Biography Matthias Klotz (with spelling variations Mathias Khlotz, Khloz, Cloz), was ba ...

(1656–1743) founded the Mittenwald school of violin making. Mittenwald prospered and became well known for its violins. In 1856, the Bavarian government founded a school in Mittenwald to continue the violin trade. Dictionaries of violin makers list more than 25 artisans by this name.Abele, Hyacinth, and Geoffrey Alwyn. The Violin & Its Story: Or the History & Construction of the Violin. London: "The Strad" Office, 1905. 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 in Mittenwalt Anno 1725. Instruments by

Sebastian Klotz Sebastian Klotz (18 January 1696 – 20 January 1775) was a German violin maker, one of three sons of Mathias Klotz. Klotz was born in Mittenwald on 18 January 1696, the second son of Mathias Klotz, from whom he learnt the art of violin making ...

(1696–1768) are probably the most admired among the many existing examples by this family. Typical labels: * Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald an der Iser 1734 * Sebastian Kloz, in Mittenwald, an 1743 * Seb. G. Kloz in Mittenwald, 1732

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