• Source: Klotz (violin makers)

Klotz is a family of violin makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in Mittenwald, Bavaria from the mid-17th century to the present. Matthias Klotz (1656–1743) founded the Mittenwald school of violin making. Mittenwald prospered and became well known for its violins.
In 1856, the Bavarian government founded a school in Mittenwald to continue the violin trade. Dictionaries of violin makers list more than 25 artisans by this name.
Typical labels:

Mattias Klotz Geigenmacher zu Mittenwald an der Iser 1697
Mathias Klotz Lauten und Geigenmacher in Mittenwald an der Iser Anno 1695
Mathias Kloz Lautenmacher. A label of the family in Mittenwalt Anno 1725.
Instruments by Sebastian Klotz (1696–1768) are probably the most admired among the many existing examples by this family.
Typical labels:

Sebastian Klotz in Mittenwald an der Iser 1734
Sebastian Kloz, in Mittenwald, an 1743
Seb. G. Kloz in Mittenwald, 1732




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