Albert Nürnberger
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Albert (II) Nürnberger (1854 – 1931) is regarded as one of the greatest German bow
makers..
He was trained in bowmaking by his father Franz Albert I (b.1826-d.1894),son of Karl Gottlieb, in Markneukirchen
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Albert Nürnberger (Jr.) established his own shop around 1880.
He trained his son, Karl Albert (b.1885 - d.1971), who also used his brand.
Unfortunately the later workshop bows also used the same brand.
Before World War I (and after as well, until death of Albert II in 1931) Nürnberger and W.E.Hill & Sons were of the same competing standard, the best workshops in the world.
His bows are highly sought after. Original "Albert Nürnberger" bows, made before 1931 are rarer, of a higher standard and highly priced.
"He is known to have exported bows to the US, where the Wurlitzer
shop represented him as "the greatest modern bow maker" (c. 1912).
Eugène Ysaÿe
, Jan Kubelik
, Fritz Kreisler
and later David Oistrakh
used these bows and considered them equal to bows by the old masters. Of course they all had more than one good bow in their collection(s)." Gennady Filimonov (2007)
Bow (music)
In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....
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He was trained in bowmaking by his father Franz Albert I (b.1826-d.1894),son of Karl Gottlieb, in Markneukirchen
Markneukirchen
Markneukirchen is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It lies in between the Erzgebirge and the Fichtelgebirge in the Elstergebirge, southeast of Plauen, and northeast of Asch ....
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Albert Nürnberger (Jr.) established his own shop around 1880.
He trained his son, Karl Albert (b.1885 - d.1971), who also used his brand.
Unfortunately the later workshop bows also used the same brand.
Before World War I (and after as well, until death of Albert II in 1931) Nürnberger and W.E.Hill & Sons were of the same competing standard, the best workshops in the world.
His bows are highly sought after. Original "Albert Nürnberger" bows, made before 1931 are rarer, of a higher standard and highly priced.
"He is known to have exported bows to the US, where the Wurlitzer
Rembert Wurlitzer Co.
Rembert Wurlitzer Co. was a distinguished firm in New York City that specialized in fine musical instruments and bows.Founded in Europe in 1856, the Wurlitzer Co. was a world-famous musical instrument company known for its many ateliers in the United States....
shop represented him as "the greatest modern bow maker" (c. 1912).
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
, Jan Kubelik
Jan Kubelík
Jan Kubelík was a Czech violinist and composer.-Biography:He was born in Michle . His father, a gardener by occupation, was an amateur violinist. He taught his two sons the violin and after discovering the talent of Jan, who was aged five at the time, arranged for him to study with Karel Weber and...
, Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...
and later David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....
used these bows and considered them equal to bows by the old masters. Of course they all had more than one good bow in their collection(s)." Gennady Filimonov (2007)