deaths
June 10, 1776
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (born 1722)
Leopold Widhalm
Martin Leopold Widhalm was an Austrian or German luthier known for his work in Nuremberg. Charles Beare considers Widhalm to have been the most significant maker of violins in Germany during the 18th century not to be based in Mittenwald, and praises the "sharpness and good taste" of his instruments.