Johann Lexer Geigenbaumuseum / Joachim Niggler Schusterwerkstatt

The violin making museum shows a selection of Lexer violins. In addition to his first cello (1925), visitors can see the first violin he built in 1926, as well as Lexer's favorite violin. He always took this one to festivals, weddings, and entertainments. Lexer built his violins primarily (but not exclusively) after his two great role models, Stradivari and Stainer. Museum visitors will be amazed in the "Rondell". Everyone stands moved before the overwhelming number of instruments that Lexer built in a single year; there are over 70 violins and decorative violins.In addition, Johann Lexer was also a bandmaster, trained young musicians, was an organist, composed, practiced with his family music group, and pursued his main profession as a municipal secretary.The highlight of the museum is Johann Lexer's workshop. The instrument maker not only crafted violins but also the tools he needed to produce the instruments.Over 100 compositions, including waltzes, marches, but also classical pieces, quartets, and even a requiem with text, came from his pen. The bandmaster's uniform, which he wore for decades, has also been preserved.In Walter Deutsch's ORF documentary "Fein sein, beinander bleibn" (1976), Johann Lexer tells how he came to violin making and how he builds a violin.