Kurt Lothar Meisel

Kurt Lothar Born 1929 Klingenthal, Worked from 1957 Owatonna, Minnesota USA. Son and pupil of Kurt Oswald, below. Worked for Karl Hoellinger in Kiel, Germany 1949-1952 and for Sidney Evans in Birmingham, UK 1952-1953. Emigrated to the USA 1953, working for Scherl & Roth in Cleveland, Ohio. Established with his father in Owatonna, Minnesota from 1957. Classical Italian models. Also the ‘Meisel’ model designed by Oswald Carl, below. More than 200 instruments completed; certificates awarded at the Violin Society of America, 1978, 1980, and 1982. K. Lothar Meisel / 9th generation violin maker / Owatonna Minnesota 1985 K. Lothar Meisel / Violin maker and repairer / from Klingenthal, Germany / 19