Fridolin Hamma

Fridolin Hamma
Born(1881-09-17)17 September 1881
Died9 October 1969(1969-10-09) (aged 88)
NationalityGerman
OccupationLuthier
ChildrenWalter

Fridolin Hamma (17 September 1881 – 9 October 1969) was an influential German luthier from Stuttgart who authored two seminal reference books on violins:

  1. Meister italienischer Geigenbaukunst (Italian Master Violin Makers) (1st ed. 1931, 1964) OCLC 3463469
  2. Meister deutscher Geigenbaukunst (German Master Violin Makers) (manuscript 1944, 1948) OCLC 720264583; Expanded edition (1961) OCLC 225270853

He was the father of Walter Hamma (1916–1988), also a German luthier.

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