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Christian Feldtmann

Oldenburg, worked 1890

Devised a violin with sympathetic strings he called the ‘Cymbalgeige’. — John Dilworth

Worked Oldenburg

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Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

FELDTMANN, Christian Worked circa. 1890 Oldenburg Germany. Devised a violin with sympathetic strings he called the ‘Cymbalgeige’.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Hofcapellmeister, »Erfinder« einer Geige mit mitklingenden Saiten, die er
Cymbalgeige nannte.

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