Violin making Goldfuss
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| Seat | Regensburg , Germany |
| management | Thomas Goldfuss, master violin maker |
| Branch | violin maker |
| Website | www.geigenbau-goldfuss.de |
Geigenbau Goldfuss is a German violin making workshop in Regensburg .
Johann Goldfuss
Johann Goldfuss (born December 11, 1908 in Wildstein ; † July 3, 1970 in Schwandorf ) learned his trade from Mathias Heinicke (1873-1956), who is considered one of the main representatives of the Saxon-Bohemian violin making school. His journeyman journey took him to Berlin, Budapest and Italy to Eugenio Degani (1840–1915). Johann Goldfuss then worked for Mathias Heinicke for 17 years and also passed the master craftsman examination himself . During the Second World War his work was interrupted. It was exhibited and taken prisoner of war.
After his release he found his family in Schwarzenfeld . She was from Czechoslovakia expelled Service. Johann Goldfuss started his craft again in Pretzabruck with the first repairs of violins and opened a violin making workshop in Schwandorf in 1949. His wife Katharina managed to transfer the tools they left behind to their new home. Johann Goldfuss built more than 300 violins , violas and cellos , which are known for the excellent balance and smoothness of their sound. He finally founded the company "Geigenbau Goldfuss", which still exists today. Many of the instruments from his workshop are played in concerts around the world. Johann Goldfuss died of a heart attack.
Horst Goldfuss
His son Horst (born March 30, 1941 in Schwandorf ) began his apprenticeship with his father in 1956, which he continued at the Trossingen music school . In 1972 he passed the master craftsman examination in Munich / Mittenwald .
He put the main focus of his work on cello making, but also continued his father's tradition of restoring instruments. A particular concern of his was the training of apprentices and journeymen from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Korea and Japan, which he accompanied up to the master's examination. In 1985 Horst Goldfuss (already together with his son Thomas) relocated the company headquarters to Regensburg . In the course of time he built around 300 instruments.
Thomas Goldfuss
Grandson Thomas (born July 7, 1966 in Schwandorf ) began his training in his father's company and supplemented it with the neck carver Oswald Kunstmann. During numerous stays abroad in Japan, Korea and the USA, he expanded his knowledge and gained international experience. In 1992 he passed the master's examination.
In addition to the construction of new instruments and the restoration, copies of historical instruments were also made. In 2005 he developed the new cello bridge called "Premio", which is protected by patent and is played by many cellists. Thomas is the third generation to head “Geigenbau Goldfuss”.
Awards
Johann Goldfuss
Horst Goldfuss
- 1959 Chamber and regional winner in the violin making trade
- 1977 Bavarian State Prize in Gold
- 1985 gold medal from the Chamber of Commerce in Libourne / France
- 1987 gold medal of merit of the border chambers
Thomas Goldfuss
- 1994 Gold medal "Walter Stauffer Prize" for his cello (7th international violin making competition in Cremona / Italy )
- 1994 ibid: bronze medal in the cello evaluation and best in acoustics
- 2001 Culture and Promotion Prize of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft
- 2005 Patent for the "Premio" cello bridge
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c geigenbau-goldfuss.de: Three generations , accessed on October 22, 2015.
- ↑ geigenbau-goldfuss.de: Repairs and Restorations , accessed on October 22, 2015.
- ↑ geigenbau-goldfuss.de: Copies of old masters , accessed on October 22, 2015.
- ↑ geigenbau-goldfuss.de: concept , accessed on October 22, 2015.
Web links
Homepage Geigenbau Goldfuss , accessed on October 22, 2015.