Johann Baptist Schweitzer, Budapest, 1870
Labeled "Job. Bapt. Schweitzer fecit ad formam Antonii Stradiuarii Pestini 1814."
J. B. Schweitzer was a maker in Budapest in the early 1800’s; his name was used in workshops throughout Markneukirchen, Germany and what is now the Czech Republic. This instrument originated in Czechoslovakia around 1870 and was acquired from a Czech monk.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 74.8 cm
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