In Focus: A 1701 David Tecchler cello
2023-04-25T08:56:00
Julian Hersh examines a cello by the most renowned maker of the Roman school
This article appeared in the June 2018 issue
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Maker: David Tecchler
Nationality: German
Born: 1666
Died: 1747
Instrument: Cello
Date: 1701
The most renowned maker of the Roman school, David Tecchler was probably from a Bavarian town near Füssen and by the late 1690s was working in Rome, where he established a successful business that lasted for more than 30 years. Not much is known of his early life or training, nor do we know when he moved to Italy. However, on 9 December 1696 he was welcomed by the German fraternity known as the Veneranda Arciconfraternita del Campo Santo Teutonico, so he was in Rome by then…