Klotz
Klotz may refer to:
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Klotz (surname)
Klotz as a surname (German for block) can refer to:
- Adolf Klotz, Croatian linguist and writer
- August Klett (Pseudonym: August Klotz), German artist
- Christian Adolph Klotz (1738–1771), German philosopher and writer
- Christopher Klotz, American soccer player
- Clemens Klotz, German architect
- Clyde Klotz, art director
- Florence Klotz, costume designer
- Frank Klotz, U.S. Air Force general
- Henry W. Klotz, Sr., American service-station proprietor
- Karlheinz Klotz, German sprinter
- Louis Klotz, Basketball player, nicknamed "Red"
- Louis-Lucien Klotz, French politician
- Martin Klotz, Austrian mountaineer
- Mathias Klotz, Chilean architect
- Nicolas Klotz, French film director
- Otto Julius Klotz, Canadian astronomer and Dominion Surveyor
- Reinhold Klotz, German classical scholar
- Robert Klotz (1819–95), American politician
- Sebastian Klotz (1696–1768), violin maker
- Suzanne Klotz, artist
- Ulrike Klotz, German gymnast
Klotz (violin makers)
Klotz is a family of violin makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in Mittenwald, Germany from the mid-17th century to the present. The Klotz family taught other families of the village the violin trade, and Mittenwald prospered and became well known for its violins. In A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1900, the contributor Edward John Payne writes: "Nine-tenths of the violins which pass in the world as 'Stainers' were made by the Klotz family and their followers." In 1856, the Bavarian government founded a school in Mittenwald to continue the violin trade. Dictionaries of violin makers list more than 25 artisans by this name.
Matthias I (1656–1743) founded the Mittenwald school of violin making after study with Giovanni Railich in Padua from 1672-1678,Jacob Stainer and Nicolo Amati. He has been criticized for exercising insufficient skill or care in the selection of his wood. Typical labels:
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