Wonderful and powerful violin made by "Gustav Lütschg fecit in Bern 1915"

At his father's request, he began his apprenticeship in 1886 with his friend, the violin maker Gustav Methfessel (1839–1910) in Bern. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked for 2 years in Brussels with George Mougenot, the violin maker at the local conservatory.
He then worked as a freelance violin maker in Zurich. On May 1, 1898, he moved to Bern, where he was able to take over his teacher's business from his successor, Max Beck.
300 violins by him are known, many of first-class quality with which he won several medals. For the varnishing of his instruments he used the method of Gustav Methfessel, which was also used by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris), Franz-Xaver Kerschensteiner (Regensburg) and Gabriel Lemböck (1814- 1892; Vienna). According to Lütschg, the violin is varnished in the sun and the varnish is applied with the heel of the hand. This type of painting lasted 4-6 months, always exposing the instruments to light and sun. This made the paint completely lightfast.

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