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    Amati > Makers Archive > S > Alexander Augustovitsch Schwalm

    Alexander Augustovitsch Schwalm

    worked 1885–1914

    Petersburg Russia. Pupil of E. Geisser. Appointed luthier to the Imperial Opera and Conservatoire in St. Petersburg. Established at 6 Offitzerskaya. Took a Stradivari violin of 1718 as a pattern, but used rather poor wood. Stradivari-modelled cellos more successful. — John Dilworth
    Taught by E. Geisser
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    Biographies

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    John Dilworth+

    SCHWALM, Alexander Augustovitsch Worked circa. 1885-1914 St. Petersburg Russia. Pupil of E. Geisser. Appointed luthier to the Imperial Opera and Conservatoire in St. Petersburg. Established at 6 Offitzerskaya. Took a Stradivari violin of 1718 as a pattern, but used rather poor wood. Stradivari-modelled cellos more successful.

    Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

    Einer der besseren in Russland thätigen Geigenmacher.

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