Fridolin Hamma (17 September 1881 – 9 October 1969) was an influential
German
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luthier
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...
from
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
who authored two seminal reference books on violins:
He was the father of
Walter Hamma Walter Hamma (22 September 1916 – 11 August 1988) was a German violin maker.
His father, Fridolin Hamma, was an influential violin maker. Walter Hamma was pupil of the violin making school in Mittenwald 1933-1935. He worked with Ferdinand Ja ...
(1916–1988), also a German luthier.
See also
*
:Lutherie reference books
References
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German luthiers
People from Stuttgart
1881 births
1969 deaths