David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) was an Austrian luthier, best known for his cellos and double basses. Tecchler was born in Salzburg, Austria, where he worked for a time. He also lived and worked in Venice and in Rome, Italy. Most of his career was in Rome. His instruments are Germanic or Italian in their style of construction. A 1706 Tecchler cello was acquired by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank and is on loan to Canadian cellist Denis Brott.

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  • David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) was an Austrian luthier, best known for his cellos and double basses. Tecchler was born in Salzburg, Austria, where he worked for a time. He also lived and worked in Venice and in Rome, Italy. Most of his career was in Rome. His instruments are Germanic or Italian in their style of construction. A 1706 Tecchler cello was acquired by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank and is on loan to Canadian cellist Denis Brott. There is also a Tecchler cello owned by Anne Martindale Williams (the Principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra). Another Tecchler cello (1723 Rome) is played by young Turkish cellist Benyamin Sonmez. Steven Doane, who is a Professor of Cello at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester; plays on a David Tecchler cello, dated 1720. Marcy Rosen, soloist and member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet plays on an exceptionally beautiful Tecchler cello dated 1720. The cello was owned by the famous Francais family of Luthiers for three generations and was shown in Jacques Francais' Lincoln Center Stainer exhibition in the 1980's. Ray Shows, founding member of the Artaria String Quartet (Boston 1986), professor at St. Olaf College and 2004 prizewinner of a McKnight Fellowship plays a violin by David Tecchler from the year 1726. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to an Archlute by David Tecchler from around the year 1725.
  • David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) fu un liutaio austriaco, famoso per i suoi violoncelli e contrabbassi. Nacque a Salisburgo, ma visse e lavorò anche a Venezia e in particolare a Roma.
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  • David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) was an Austrian luthier, best known for his cellos and double basses. Tecchler was born in Salzburg, Austria, where he worked for a time. He also lived and worked in Venice and in Rome, Italy. Most of his career was in Rome. His instruments are Germanic or Italian in their style of construction. A 1706 Tecchler cello was acquired by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank and is on loan to Canadian cellist Denis Brott.
  • David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) fu un liutaio austriaco, famoso per i suoi violoncelli e contrabbassi. Nacque a Salisburgo, ma visse e lavorò anche a Venezia e in particolare a Roma.
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  • David Tecchler
  • David Tecchler
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