Wolfgang Uebel

Wolfgang A. Uebel (born November 21, 1932 in Wohlhausen ) is a 10th generation master violin maker.

He is also a master guitar builder and builder of various other plucked and string instruments, as well as a restorer of historical instruments. The Vogtland violin making family Uebel can be traced back to the violin maker Johann Christian Uebel (1710 to 1782 in Markneukirchen / Klingenthal ). Wolfgang Uebel has lived in Celle since 1964 .

Professional background

• Attended the violin making college from 1947 to 1951 in Markneukirchen. At the same time apprenticeship with Heinrich Th. Heberlein jr. (Markneukirchen). 1 year apprenticeship at Arnold Voigt (Markneukirchen).
• 1952 journeyman with Peter Harlan (Sternberg Castle). There collaboration with the musicologist Prof. Dr. Dr. Erich Valentin from Detmold / Munich.
• 1958 Restoration of the Moeck string instrument collection in Celle .
• 1964 Opening of the own workshop in Celle.
• 1965 to 1975 collaboration with the Early Music Shop London.
• 1970 to 1971 restoration work for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (The Hill Collection).
• 1973 master craftsman examination in Nuremberg.
• Works for Goethe-Instituts in 14 countries ( viol copies of old masters).
• Work for the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , 7 replicas of historical instruments.

literature

• Willibald Leo von Lütgendorff-Leinburg : The violin and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present based on the best sources. by Willibald Leo Freiherr von Lütgendorff . Tutzing: 1975.