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Franz Hoyer

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John Dilworth

HOYER, Franz b. Luby (Schönbach) Czech Republic, Worked circa. 1820-1867 Vienna Austria. Instruments dated up to 1845 are of decent hand-made quality, but thereafter, as Gebrüder Hoyer in association with his brother, deteriorated into repetitive student grade commercial work with steam-bent plates.

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