Adolf König (violin maker)
Adolf König (born May 16, 1908 in Zurich ; † 2000 ) was a Swiss violin maker .
Live and act
From 1924 to 1927 Adolf König was a student of August Meinel in Liestal , who trained most of the Swiss violin makers. He then worked in Brussels as an assistant to René Aerts until 1929 . From January 1930 he worked as a self-employed violin maker in Zurich. From 1930 to 1940 he built around 80 instruments, including a quartet with a corresponding double bass for the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939, for which he was honored with a diploma.
From July 1, 1944, Adolf König was head of the then newly opened Swiss violin making school (today: Brienz violin making school ) in Brienz .
literature
- Hans Boltshauser: The violin makers of Switzerland , Haelg-Verlag, Degersheim 1969, online version (PDF) , p. 61f.
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Brienz Violin Making School ( Memento from January 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), on the Brienz Violin Making School website, accessed on January 22, 2015.
- ↑ Hansruedi Hösli: Swiss violin making - violin making in Switzerland (PDF) , January 2004, p. 3.
- ↑ Hans Rudolf Hösli: Brienz Violin Making School - String Instrument Making in Brienz ( Memento from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), p. 138ff.
- ↑ Adolf König's curriculum vitae , in the SVGB-Lexikon, Swiss Association of Violin Makers and Bow Makers.
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SURNAME | King, Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss violin maker |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
DATE OF DEATH | 2000 |