Fridolin Hamma

Fridolin Hamma (17 September 1881 – 9 October 1969) was an influential German luthier from Stuttgart who authored two seminal reference books on violins:

1. Meister italienischer Geigenbaukunst (Italian Master Violin Makers) (1st ed. 1931, 1964)

2. Meister deutscher Geigenbaukunst (German Master Violin Makers) (manuscript 1944, 1948) ; Expanded edition (1961) He was the father of Walter Hamma (1916–1988), also a German luthier.