Samuel Nemessányi
Sámuel Nemessányi (12 January 1837, in Liptovský Mikuláš, Verbicz-Hušták, Liptószentmiklós, Liptó County – 5 March 1881, Budapest) was a Hungarian luthier, a maker of stringed instruments, such as: violins, violas, and cellos. Nemessányi is considered the most talented and important maker in the Hungarian violin-making school. During his lifetime, he was already acknowledged as the most outstanding craftsmen of stringed instruments in all of Hungary and his instruments are of great importance to Hungarians. His life and work strikingly parallel that of Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù. Early life Not much is known about Nemessányi's early life. His middle name of Félix is thought to be wrong, as it does not appear in any known documentation (marriage or birth certificate). It was assumed that he was born in Prešov, Eperjes (now Prešov, Slovakia), but it is now known that Nemessányi was indeed born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Liptószentmiklós (now Lipt ...
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