Ludwig Neuner

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Viola Bow	S/E 59.0 g.	Thu 1st April 2010	£3,123
Cello	75.7 cm Berlin, 1891	Mon 1st December 2008	£17,405
Violin	35.7 cm Berlin, 1895	Sun 1st October 2006	£2,912
Viola	43.0 cm 1906	Thu 1st May 2003	£662
Violin	1886	Wed 1st April 1998	£218
Violin	1888	Wed 1st June 1994	£2,530
Violin	1880 c.	Tue 1st June 1993	£1,650
Violin	1890 c.	Fri 1st June 1990	£1,320
Violin	1892	Fri 1st June 1984	£1,472

John Dilworth

Ludwig Born 1840, died 1897. Son and pupil of Johann Neuner (III), above. Studied the cello. Subsequently worked for Andreas Engleder in Munich and for Gabriel Lembock in Vienna, then spent six years with J. B. Vuillaume in Paris. Passed a short time in London. Established a branch of the family business in Berlin 1867; also in Innsbruck, Austria. Returned to Mittenwald to take over the direction of Neuner & Hornsteiner following the death of his father Johann 1883. Appointed maker to the Bavarian royal family. Recipient of various medals at exhibitions throughout the world. Brought about a renaissance of the Neuner & Hornsteiner reputation by applying lessons learned with Vuillaume and elsewhere. The company grew to employ 200 craftsmen. All grades of instrument from student to soloist quality produced. Classical Italian models of all kinds, and close copies of individual works such as the Stradivari 1716 ‘Messie’ violin and the 1701 ‘Servais’ cello. Ludwig himself made researches into Italian varnish. The company also made large numbers of bows in various qualities. Neuner & Hornsteiner / Mittenwald in Baiern 1861

Cecie Stainer

b. Aug. 21, 1840, Mittenwald (Bavaria). Grandson of Mathias Neuner, also a clever maker of violins, who worked for some time in London. First learnt in his father’s workshop at Mittenwald, afterwards with Andreas Engleder in Münich and Gabriel Lembock in Vienna ; then worked for five years under J. B. Vuillaume in Paris.
Left Paris for Berlin, 1867, and there established a business at 6, Kurstrasse, working there assisted by two workmen till 1883. In February that year, through the death of his brother, became partner in the firm of Neuner und Hornsteiner, Mittenwald.
He had 200 workmen there, and from 15,000 to 20,000 instruments were yearly sent out to all parts of the world ; these all show excellent work, considering their extraordinarily low price. He himself made instruments for solo-playing, closely copied from Italian models; was awarded a silver medal in Berlin, 1879; and the large medal for Industries, founded by Friedrich Wilhelm IV. His work was commended at the Bologna Exhibition, 1888. He died 1897.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Er lernte in München, Berlin und Paris und war dort zuletzt durch sechs
Jahre bei J. B. Vuillaume thätig. Zurückgekehrt, wurde er Mitinhaber der
Firma Neuner & Hornsteiner und errichtete 1867 ein Geschäft in Berlin. Er
war ein geschickter Meister, der das Zeug dazu gehabt hatte, sein Programm:
die »Fabrikation von Saiteninstrumenten als Kunstgewerbe durch treue Nachahmung

£17,405

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