Gabriel (Gábor) Lemböck

Violin maker
(1814 – 1892)

Gabriel (Gábor) Lemböck. Pupil of Peter Teufelsdorfer and J. B. Schweitzer. From 1840 he worked as a journeyman, and finally settled in Vienna with Anton Fischer (I), whose son-in-law and successor he became. In 1855 he took over the shop of Bernhard Stoss and was appointed luthier to the court 1863 and given similar responsibilities at the conservatoire 1871. Awarded prizes at Munich 1854 and London ...Read More 1862. Around 1862 he was also supplying his instruments to Ede Remenyi in Budapest. After 1875 he retired from the workshop, which was continued by apprentices, including Josef Sollner, Karl Hermann Voigt, Alexander Ferenczy, and August Setzer. The shop was finally taken over by Carl Haudek in 1893. Lembock made copies of most classical models, but is particularly known for those of the Guarneri del Gesü violin that belonged to Paganini. Varnish of a glassy consistency in various shades. Prolific violin maker; violas are rather small and rarely encountered. Few cellos recorded. Branded with two separate stamps in several places: `G'. Printed labels: Gabriel Lemböck / Vienna Anno 1846 Gabriel Lemböck in Wien / anno 1867 Kais. Königl. Hof- Instrumentenmacher / Gabriel Lemböck / Bestes aller Weltausstellungen-medaillen / Wien, 1873. / Canovagasse Nr 4. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $60,211 in Mar 2011, for a violin.
- 42 auction price results.

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