Paul (Pál) Pilát I

Violin maker
(1860 – 1931)

Paul (Pál) Pilát studied under T. Zach in Vienna from 1872 to 1877. He worked for B. Enzensberger and subsequently for G. Lemböck until 1880. After a brief return to Zach, he relocated to Budapest, where he worked for J. W. Schunda and then E. Bartek, whom he succeeded in 1883. He was appointed as the maker to the Hungarian royal court. He received medals in Budapest and Paris in 1885, 1889, and ...Read More 1900. His workshop was carried on by his widow for a time before being taken over by P. Sáránszky. He trained many of the finest makers of the next generation in Hungary, including J. Braun, M. Remenyi, L. Köhler, J. Cigl, M. Firsz, E. Paduch, D. Bárány, J. Spiegel, and S. Muntyán. His work was known for its fine and very accurate execution based on the Stradivari model, featuring good orange-red varnish and excellent materials. He sold his own varnish commercially and developed a patented bass-bar. He branded his instruments internally with 'Pilát P. Budapest' and used various external brands on the upper back, including 'Pilát Pal', 'Paulus Pilatus', and 'Pilát P. Budapest'. His printed labels included: Paulus Pilát / P. P. fecit Budapestini anno 18.. P. P. / No.. Medic. Univ. / Dri Stephan Bolemán de Denser / fecit Paulus Pilát 1913 / Op. 2o7 and Magyarország Arany Koszorús Mestere / Paulus Pilát / fecit Budapestini anno 1926 / Op. 419. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $14,160 in May 2014, for a viola.
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