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Koktan info

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-04-24 21:36

From The New Langwill Index:

Koktan family fl Wien.
Comprising (1) Franz and his son (2) Franz junior.

MARK:
F. KOKTAN / WIEN

Koktan, (1) Franz (b Klein Oreschowitz / Bohemia 12 July 1842; d Wien 3 September 1901) WWI fl Wien 1880-1901.

From the same village as Bradka, he is first listed in Wien in 1880 at the latter’s address; specialist in clarinet.

EXHIBITION:
Wien 1888, 1892 (flute, clarinet, bassoon).

Koktan, (2) Franz, junior (b Wien
29 January 1881; d ibid October 1971) WWI fl Wien 1907-c1945.

Son of (1), he worked in the shop after his father’s death; 1907 successor; 1924 admitted master. Clarinet specialist; reported to have attempted between the wars to manufacture the Heckel-model bassoon in Wien.

ADDRESS:
1880: Haidgasse 8
1889: Grundsteingasse 36, Wien 16
1890-1944: Hoferplatz 2, Wien 16

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