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Anton SITT

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John Dilworth

SITT, Anton Born 1819 Vál Hungary, died 1878 Prague Czech Republic. Pupil of J. B. Schweitzer in Budapest 1834-1843. Employed by A. Hofmann in Vienna, L. Bausch in Leipzig, and M. Weber and subsequently J. Kulík in Prague. Established independently in Prague from c.1847. Married Kulík’s daughter and gained citizenship 1851. Their son Hans became a celebrated violinist. Highly regarded maker. More sophisticated work than that of Kulík himself. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Also copies of a 1727 Pietro Guarneri violin which he restored. Particuarly fine cellos. Antonius Sitt ad forman G. / Guarneri fecit Pragae 18.. (‘ad forman Petrus Guarneri’, ‘ad forman Antonio Stradivari’, etc. substituted as appropriate to model of instrument).

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