Otto Möckel

Violin maker
(1869 – c. 1937)

Otto Möckel, son and pupil of Oswald Möckel, also trained with Carl Grimm. He worked in London for Richard Bruckner from 1890 to 1892 before rejoining his father in Berlin. He established himself independently in Dresden from 1908 to 1912, then succeeded to his father's shop in Ansbacher Strasse, Charlottenburg, Berlin, where ...Read More he was eventually succeeded by Curt Jung. Otto was known for his early work on classical models, particularly focused on Guarneri forms, and he fused Brescian and Cremonese ideas. Acknowledged as a pre-eminent expert and connoisseur, he was a prolific writer on violin-making, founding the magazine 'Die Geige' in 1928 and authoring the influential work Die Kunst des Geigenbaues (The Art of Violin-makers) (Leipzig, 1930). He was also a philanthropist, a practicing freemason, and a cello player. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $18,536 in Mar 2018, for a violin.
- 28 auction price results.

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