Klotz (violin maker)

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Monument to Matthias Klotz in Mittenwald

The Klotz family (also Kloz , Cloz , Khloz or Khlotz ) are violin makers from Mittenwald .

history

Matthias Klotz (I.) (1653–1743) is considered to be the founder of violin making in Mittenwald. Matthias was the second child of the tailor Urban Klotz (Vrbanus Cloz, 1627–1691) and his wife Sophia (d. 1681). He probably received his training in Füssen , and then worked as a journeyman from 1672 to 1678 for the Allgäu lute maker Pietro Railich in the Padua workshop in South Tyrol . Matthias Klotz trained several violin makers in Mittenwald, including his sons Georg I, Sebastian I and Johann Carl.

Matthias' son Sebastian Klotz I became particularly well-known. His model aesthetics, the so-called Klotz model , lies between that of Jakob Stainers and Nicola Amatis . Typical are medium-high bulges, wide bulges, flat fillets and sculptural edge work. The characteristic paint is thin and deeply colored brown. His violin making style was the model of the Mittenwald school of violin making until after 1800.

Aegidius Klotz , a son of Sebastian I, on the other hand, is regarded as the ancestor of the German violin making tradition of the 19th century, as he adopted the model aesthetics of Jakob Stainer , whose violins were more in demand around 1800 than those of Antonio Stradivari . The violin manufacturer is still in its seventh generation.

The violin making established by Matthias Klotz brought the town of Mittenwald a certain prosperity after a long period of poverty. Today Mittenwald has a violin making school, a violin making museum and many independent master violin makers. In front of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul there is a monument in honor of Matthias Klotz.

Family members

  • Aegidius Sebastian Klotz (1733–1805), violin maker in Mittenwald and councilor of the market
  • Anton Klotz (1802–1851), son of Josef Anton, forester and violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Balthasar Klotz (I.) (1854–1936), grandson of Josef Anton, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Balthasar Klotz (II.) (1884–1960), son of Balthasar (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Egidius Klotz (before 1675 – after 1711), violin maker
  • Georg Klotz (1687–1737), son of Matthias (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald, Bologna
  • Georg Carl Klotz (1723–1797), son of Sebastian (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Hans Klotz (1906–1988), violin maker in Mittenwald, Stuttgart
  • Johann Carl Klotz (1709–1769), son of Matthias (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Johann Nepomuk Klotz (I.) (1851–1930), grandson of Josef Anton (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Johann Nepomuk Klotz (III.) (1903–1971), grandson of Johann Nepomuk (I.), violin maker in Berlin, Mittenwald, Munich
  • Josef Klotz (1784–1863), son of Joseph Thomas, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Josef Anton Klotz (1761–1842), son of Aegidius Sebastian, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Joseph Thomas Klotz (1743–1829), son of Sebastian (I.), hunter, fisherman and violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Karl Klotz (1726 – after 1756), son of Georg, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Matthias Klotz (I.) (1653–1743), lute and violin maker in Mittenwald and Padua
  • Matthias Klotz (II.) (1718 – after 1770), son of Georg, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Matthias Klotz (III.) (1788–1847), son of Joseph Thomas, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Max Klotz (1896–1916), son of Balthasar, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Michael Klotz (1749–1814), son of Johann Carl, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Nikolaus Klotz (1892–1914), son of Balthasar, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Sebastian Klotz (I.) (1696–1775), son of Matthias (I.), violin maker in Mittenwald, Italy
  • Sebastian Klotz (II.) (1762–1825), son of Aegidius Sebastian, violin maker in Mittenwald
  • Wolfgang Ferdinand Klotz (1744 – after 1788), son of Johann Carl, violin maker and dealer in Mittenwald

Violin notes

Matthias I (1653–1743) used the following violin notes :

  • Mattias Klotz violin maker in Mittenwald an der Iser 1697
  • Mathias Klotz lute and violin maker in Mittenwald on the Iser in 1695
  • Mathias Kloz lute maker

Instruments by Sebastian I (1696–1768) show the following violin notes:

  • Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald on the Iser in 1734
  • Sebastian Kloz, in Mittenwald, on 1743
  • Seb. G. Kloz in Mittenwald, 1732

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