History of the Pfretzschners

[Joel Larsson]

Does anybody have any brief info on the various Pfretzschners?

I know that the old H.R. Pfretzschner died in 1921, and that he since 1901 stamped his bows with the characteristic coat of arms of Saxony on the frog. But then, the current Pfetzschner also stamps his bow with that coat of arms and H.R. and I am currently playing one I borrowed, built in 1989. An old teacher of mine has one which is no doubt a Pfretzschner which he says is a H.R., but from the 30's. There is also this story circling around that there were two P's following H.R., of which the worse one inherited the workshop. There are also other initials around. This is all very confusing, and the current Pfretzschner hasn't bothered writing down the history of the firm, despite having a non working link on the site. It's all very confusing. Does anybody have the ability and knowledge to straighten out any of all this?