Adolf König (violin maker)

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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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ↑ Hansruedi Hösli: Swiss violin making - violin making in Switzerland (PDF) , January 2004, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Hans Rudolf Hösli: Brienz Violin Making School - String Instrument Making in Brienz ( Memento from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), p. 138ff.
  4. ↑ Adolf König's curriculum vitae , in the SVGB-Lexikon, Swiss Association of Violin Makers and Bow Makers.
personal data
SURNAME King, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss violin maker
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 2000