Gotz

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Marshall Wood (Tony Bennett Trio) plays on a 7/8 Gotz that sounds fantastic.

[Ken Smith]

Is Gotz a maker or a brand/supplier? Is it the same now as in their beginning?

Here is their link; http://www.gotzviolins.de/products.htm

"Stringed Instruments
Since 1884 we offer high quality violins, celli and double basses with the Götz brand. Above all we are known for our expertise in handling instruments made by the old masters."

Judge for yourself but from how it reads to me they are sellers of a brand like Juzek, Morelli/Pfretzschner and others are/were and not the actual maker. The Wilfers, Hofner, Framus, Grunert, Saumer and Pollmann/Krahmer to name a few were and are actual German makers.

[Adrian Levi]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Is Gotz a maker or a brand/supplier? Is it the same now as in their beginning?

Here is their link; http://www.gotzviolins.de/products.htm

"Stringed Instruments
Since 1884 we offer high quality violins, celli and double basses with the Götz brand. Above all we are known for our expertise in handling instruments made by the old masters."

Judge for yourself but from how it reads to me they are sellers of a brand like Juzek, Morelli/Pfretzschner and others are/were and not the actual maker. The Wilfers, Hofner, Framus, Grunert, Saumer and Pollmann/Krahmer to name a few were and are actual German makers.

I must say it does look like they possibly are not the actual makers from what I read between the lines ! I've mailed them about my basses and maybe will even get an answer for what its worth .... still these basses are fine sounding instruments to my ears that is

[Pino Cazzaniga]

I never saw that label/firm, but for what I can see from the pics, there are many similar instruments, unlabeled, sold in Italy usually for students.
I guess that somebody in Easter Europe make these basses for that firm too.

[Adrian Levi]

Well , for what its worth I found out that Gotz do use (contract) local luthiers for all their carved basses in and around the Wernitzgrün/ Markneukirchen area that they are based in .

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Is Gotz a maker or a brand/supplier? Is it the same now as in their beginning?

Here is their link; http://www.gotzviolins.de/products.htm

"Stringed Instruments
Since 1884 we offer high quality violins, celli and double basses with the Götz brand. Above all we are known for our expertise in handling instruments made by the old masters."

Judge for yourself but from how it reads to me they are sellers of a brand like Juzek, Morelli/Pfretzschner and others are/were and not the actual maker. The Wilfers, Hofner, Framus, Grunert, Saumer and Pollmann/Krahmer to name a few were and are actual German makers.

I was doing some searches today on the Bubenreuth makers and found out that Framus is a coined word/acronym made up from Franconian music production founded by Fred Wilfer who immigrated from Schonbach to Germany after WWII.

I thought that was worth sharing having just read this myself.