POSSEN, L., Schoengau, Bavaria, about 1553. Maker of Viols and Lutes.
RAUCH, ——, Wurtzburg.
RAUCH, Jacob, Manheim, 1720-50. Brother of the above. Court Violin-maker.
RAUCH, Sebastian, Hamburg, 1725. High model, rough workmanship. A maker of this name is said to have worked at Leitmeritz, Bohemia, about 1750. Possibly the same.
RAUCH, ——, Breslau, about 1750.
REICHEL, Johann Gottfried, Absam, 18th century.
REICHEL, Johann Conrad, Neukirchen, 18th century.
REICHERS, August, Berlin, 19th century. Pupil of Bausch of Leipsic.
RIESS, ——, Bamberg, about 1750.
RÖSCHER, C. H. W., Bremen, about 1871.