Luthiers in America
Influential Luthiers in America in the 20th Century
Rembert Wurlitzer, an important member of a family whose influence was profound. Sacconi, D’Attili, Nigogosian, Morel, Français, Arcieri, Bellini, Cauer, Salchow, and more, were trained and nurtured in that shop; most are now gone. Below are links to some interesting stories of some of America’s most influential shops and the people who made them so.
The Rembert Wurlitzer Company, history and some of the renowned people who came from it:
(certain wiki articles seem to need going to a second page. This may be one, as it seems to ask “did you mean this other page?” yet that second page has the same URL but indeed opens the page desired. It’s the internet, go figure…)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembert_Wurlitzer_Co.
https://www.corilon.com/shop/en/info/rembert-wurlitzer-violin.html
https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/memories-of-dario-dattili/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lveqpDqImTWPQ8fmrSgrhaGycVkd9xPk/view?usp=sharing
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/30/arts/vahakn-nigogosian-87-builder-of-violins.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/10/24/trustee-in-fiddledale-2
https://hweisshaar.com/about-hans-weisshaar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_%26_Son_Co.
https://www.thestrad.com/us-bow-maker-william-salchow-dies-aged-88/5720.article
http://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0872
https://www.thestrad.com/lutherie/an-afternoon-with-carlos-arcieri/9220.article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_A._Morel
https://www.thestrad.com/renowned-american-violin-maker-luiz-bellini-dies-aged-79/4557.article
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmEZjsNE6ODzGttJa2xkjWQ
I discovered this fellow, of whom I did not know and for whom Rembert Wurlitzer once worked (there is a glimpse of him in this short film)
American violin maker James Reynold Carlisle: