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Franz Knitl

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John Dilworth

KNITL, Franz Born 1744, died 1791 Mittenwald Germany. Appointed luthier to the diocese of Freising. Good work on typical Tyrolean Amati/Stainer-derived model with fine materials and hard red-brown varnish. Franz Knitl. Hof-Geigen- und / Lautenmacher in Freysing 1786

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