Jacobus Hornsteiner, Markneukirchen c.1930 (GE043) - $6,500 Canadian

Jacobus Hornsteiner, Markneukirchen, Germany c.1930 (GE043) - $6,500 Canadian

Jacobus Hornsteiner was a trade name used by the Scherl & Roth Company. There is a famous Hornsteiner family of violin-makers that worked in Mittenwald, a different area of Germany, but this instrument is not related to their work.

The Roth workshop was founded by Ernst Heinrich Roth and his cousin Gustav August Ficker in Markneukirchen in 1902. They became tremendously successful and developed a reputation for quality. Ernst’s son, Ernst Heinrich Roth II immigrated to the US in 1921 to promote the company’s wears and in the process became one of the leading instrument dealers in North America with the company he set up in partnership with Max Scherl. Ernst junior, a savvy business man, understood the opportunities in selling string instruments at different price points to different markets and along with instruments from his father’s workshop, offered others made in the Markneukirchen area with labeled trade names; Jacobus Hornsteiner being one of them.

This cello is in top playing condition having being fully restored. It displays a warm, clear and mature sound. It is easy to play and is fitted with a new Wittner tailpiece and Larsen strings.

Length of back is 760mm. High resolution photos available on request.