The bow makers (part 5)
The fifth and last part of the Pfretzschner family history has its origin with Johann Gottfried and establishes the line of the famous...
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The violin makers (part 4)
Carl Friedrich I (*11.1743) is the one who started the Pfretzschner line with the most violin makers. It has been handed down that he...
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Dealers, merchants, manufacturers (part 3)
Johann Carl Pfretzschner (* 1739) first learned the craft of violin making, just like his brother, and on 28.05.1760, together with six...
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The first violin makers (part 2)
So Elias II Pfretzschner had two sons, Johann Elias and Johann Adam - that is undisputed. But the historical records of these two and...
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Almost 600 years of family history (part 1)
On a trip through Tanzania in the 90s we stayed overnight in a beautiful lodge. For dinner the tables were finely set with crystal glass...
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Catalogue of the company G.A. Pfretzschner - 1928
Katalog der Firma G.A. Pfretzschner - um 1928
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