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William Hermann Moennig

Highest auction price

£11,245

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Cello Bow	S/E 77 g.	Thu 1st December 2011	£960
Violin Bow	S/E 62.5 g. also stamped "swiss made"	Wed 1st December 2010	£722
Violin	35.6 cm Mirecourt, 1971 [Made by "Paul Hillaire"]	Fri 1st October 2010	£1,878
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£423
Violin Bow	S/E 60.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£423
Violin Bow	S/E 60.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£327
Violin	35.7 cm Philadelphia, 2009 [Workshop of]	Thu 1st July 2010	£923
Viola Bow	S/E 70.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£154
Viola Bow	S/E 70.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£231
Viola Bow	S/E 68.5 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£288
Viola Bow	S/E 69.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£154
Viola Bow	S/E 72.0 g. [Made for]	Thu 1st July 2010	£231
Viola	42.1 cm 1980 [Made by "Theo Glaeser"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,410
Violin	35.5 cm Philadelphia, 1950	Tue 1st June 2010	£5,221
Violin	35.6 cm Markneukirchen, 1935	Tue 1st June 2010	£6,024
Violin	27.5 cm 1/8 size [Made for]	Tue 1st June 2010	£482
Violin	35.5 cm Markneukirchen, 1935	Tue 1st June 2010	£11,245
Violin	25.9 cm 1/8 size [Made for]	Tue 1st June 2010	£602
Viola	41.7 cm Philadelphia, 1926, Viola D'Amore	Tue 1st June 2010	£1,606
Viola	42.4 cm 1971 [Made by "Werner Voigt"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,209
Violin	36.1 cm Philadelphia, 1926	Tue 1st June 2010	£6,024
Viola	42.4 cm 1970 [Made by "Werner Voigt"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,610
Viola	41.3 cm 1940 [Made by "Kurt MÃ¶nnig"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,610
Viola	42.1 cm Mirecourt, 1976 [Made by "Paul Hillaire"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,410
Viola	42.0 cm Mittenwald, 1960 [Made by "Leo Aschaur"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£2,610
Violin	35.9 cm 1934 [Made by "Frederick Fischer"]	Fri 1st August 2008	£440
Violin	35.4 cm Philadelphia, 1941	Thu 1st May 2008	£2,993

Biographies

John Dilworth

MOENNIG, William Hermann (II) Born 1905, died 1982 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania USA. Son and pupil of William Heinrich Moennig, above. Studied violin making with Paul Dörfel and bow making with Paul Heberlein in Markneukirchen; subsequently attended the Mittenwald School of Violin Making. First American to achieve his Master’s certificate in 1936. Returned to the family business in Philadelphia, but ceased new making 1956 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee 1983, teaching violin making and repair at the Blair School of Music. About 30 violins, 30 violas, and 2 cellos, all copied from classical Italian work. Succeeded by his son William (III), below. William H. Moennig, Jr. / Philadelphia-Pennsylvania / U.S.A. 19..