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Christian Heinrich SIEFERT

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John Dilworth

SIEFERT, Christian Heinrich Born 1831 Eisenach, died 1889 Leipzig Germany. Self-taught from c.1861. Moved to Leipzig and established there professionally 1875 with the encouragement of the violinist Ferdinand David. Stradivari and personal models. Good clear and vibrant varnish; highly coloured. Manuscript label. Those made by his assistants have printed labels qualified as ‘Schülergeige’. Heinrich Siefert / Streich-Instrumentenmacher / Leipzig. 1884 / Hainstrasse 3 (am Markt)

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