Gabriel Lembock

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	36.0 cm Vienna, 1858, after "Guarneri"	Tue 1st March 2011	£37,250
Violin	36.0 cm 1857	Sat 1st November 2008	£6,985
Violin	Vienna, 1855	Tue 1st November 2005	£11,448
Violin	1860	Sat 1st March 1997	£2,990
Violin	1857	Thu 1st June 1995	£5,980
Violin	1859	Thu 1st April 1993	£5,980
Violin	1878	Tue 1st September 1987	£3,740
Violin	18--	Sat 1st March 1986	£1,404
Violin	1848	Fri 1st November 1985	£1,296
Violin	1857	Fri 1st October 1982	£776

John Dilworth

LEMBÖCK, Gabriel Born 1814 Ofen, Budapest Hungary, died 1892 Vienna Austria Pupil of Peter Teufelsdorfer and J. B. Schweitzer. From 1840 he worked as a journeyman, and finally settled in Vienna with Anton Fischer (I), whose son-in-law and successor he became. In 1855 he took over the shop of Bernhard Stoss and was appointed luthier to the court 1863 and given similar responsibilities at the conservatoire 1871. Awarded prizes at Munich 1854 and London 1862. Around 1862 he was also supplying his instruments to Ede Remenyi in Budapest. After 1875 he retired from the workshop, which was continued by apprentices, including Josef Sollner, Karl Hermann Voigt, Alexander Ferenczy, and August Setzer. The shop was finally taken over by Carl Haudek in 1893. Lembock made copies of most classical models, but is particularly known for those of the Guarneri del Gesù violin that belonged to Paganini. Varnish of a glassy consistency in various shades. Prolific violin maker; violas are rather small and rarely encountered. Few cellos recorded. Branded with two separate stamps in several places: ‘G’ ‘L’ . Printed labels: Gabriel Lemböck / Vienna Anno 1846 Gabriel Lemböck in Wien / anno 1867 Kais. Königl. Hof- Instrumentenmacher / Gabriel Lemböck / Bestes aller Weltausstellungen-medaillen / Wien, 1873. / I., Canovagasse Nr 4. Gabrielis Lemböck / Vienna Anno 1846 Gabriel Lemböck fecit secundum / Josephi Guarneri Cremonensis ori- / ginale ex Nicolai Paganini Concer- / tuosa Violina. / Viennae Anno 1852. I.H.S. Gabriel Lemböck / K.K. Hof-Instrumentenmacher. 1863 [Benedek]

Cecie Stainer

b. Oct. 16, 1814, Budapest; d. March 27, 1892. Pupil of J. B. Schweizer in Budapest, then worked with Fischer in Vienna. In 1840 he started a business there in Canovastrasse. Was appointed Instrument maker to the Imperial Court.
He was celebrated for his skill in repairing old instruments. He exhibited two violins, very good copies of Guarneri, at Münich, 1854. A quartet of instruments, exhibited in London, 1862, were also made after the Italian pattern, and were admired for the beauty and fulness of their tone. Carl Haudek, who had worked with Lembock, until the death of the latter, succeeded to the business.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Schüler von J. B. Schweitzer, nach Anderen von Peter Teufelsdorfer, kam
als Gehilfe zu Fischer nach Wien, dessen Schwiegersohn und Nachfolger er
wurde, und eröffnete im Jahre 1840 seine eigene Werkstatt in der Canovagasse.
Er gehört zu den Geigenmachern, die mit Recht als Künstler bezeichnet werden,
und war ebenso geschickt, neue Geigen zu machen, als alte auszubessern. Er arbeitete meist nach Guarneri, aber auch nach anderen Meistern; der Ton seiner
Geigen ist immer gut, nur der Lack nicht hervorragend. Er machte auch
allerlei interessante Versuche und baute u. A. Geigen mit Cedernholzdecken,
deren Ton recht weich gewesen sein soll. Er besass viele Medaillen und war
Hof-Geigenmacher. Sein Nachfolger ist Haudek.

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Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

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