KNITL, Joseph.—Mittenwald; to about 1790. Stainer model. Another Knitl, named Franz, said to be a son, worked in Freising, dying there in 1791.
KNOPF.—Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A Markneukirchen family settled in various parts of Germany and elsewhere. One of them, Henry Richard, worked with Bausch in Dresden and was recently at work in New York.
KÖGL, Hanns.—Vienna; about 1670. Said to have been born in Füssen. Imitated Brescian work.
KOLDITZ.—There were two or three makers of the name, one of whom, Matthias Johann, worked in Munich until about 1760.
KOLIKER, Jean Gabriel.—Paris; to about 1810. Chiefly known as a repairer, but is reputed to have made certain modern antiques of nondescript appearance.
KRETZCHMANN.—Markneukirchen; eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A very numerous family. In some of their instruments the maker’s initials are branded in the place usually occupied by the label.
KREUZINGER.—The name of a Schönbach family of makers in the nineteenth century. Anton, born 1873, is highly spoken of as a good copyist. Joseph, born 1871, is reckoned a good workman, but seems latterly to have manufactured on a large scale.
KRIGGE, Heinrich.—Danzig; circa 1750 Large fiddles, double purfled after the manner of Maggini.
KRINER.—Mittenwald; eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A large family which includes one or two high-class workmen. Amongst them may be mentioned Simon Kriner, who died in 1821, and was a clever copyist of Italian work. He travelled with his productions and occasionally came to England.
KULIK, Johannes.—Prague. Died 1872. Neat work and well-cut heads. Used various tickets.