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In Focus: A 1924 violin by János Spiegel

2024-12-06T08:29:00

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Zoltán Délczeg examines a 100-year-old instrument by Hungarian maker János Spiegel

János Spiegel was a highly productive master of the Hungarian school in the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1876 in Sopron, he spent his apprenticeship in the workshop of Pál Pilát. He graduated in 1895 and then spent another four years in the workshops of violin makers Wenzel-Josef Schunda and Róbert Laumann…

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