On Ernst Modl marries Philippine Hüller, the daughter of Franz Xaver Hüller. Böhmen (Bohemia), producing of all kinds of nipples, clamps and sheet metal screens. The magazine Elektrotechnik und Machinenbau, Volume 37, Nr 8 has an ad on April 6th 1919 of Ernst Modl Metallwarenfabrik, Graslitz i. Böhmen, source: Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau, Volume 37, Nummer 8, edited by Elektrotechnischer Verein in Wien, 1919 That could mean that Ernst was a son of Josef, wouldn't it?ĮRNST MODL Metallwarenfabrik GRASLITZ i. In the catalog '400 Jahre Musikinstrumentenbau in Graslitz' Dullat also mentions Josef Modl at Modlgasse 542 (786), and he states that it's the same as Ernst Modl at Modlgasse 786, who's listed as 'Maschinen- und Metalblassinstrumentenbau sowie Herstellung von Geschossteilen".
1918 till 10-05-1920 Ernst Modl is listed as maker of rotary valve blocks (G.Dullat). After WWI production in Graslitz quickly recovered and at a time there were 59 musical instrument manufacturers in the area including such names as Bohland & Fuchs, F.X.Hüller, A.K. In 1918, Austria-Hungary, to which Graslitz belonged, disintegrated, and the Czechoslovak Republic was founded. In the years of the First World War, the economic boom stagnated. In 1913 Josef Modl is listed along with F.X.Hüller as one of the two Graslitz makers that participate in the newly registered O.Hebron export firm in Berlin, together with a lot of Markneukirchen based traders. One of his descendants was Ernst's father, also called Josef Modl, rotary valve block maker and trader of wind and string instruments in the early 1900's at Modlgasse 542/786 in Graslitz, with his workshop founded in 1848. There's already a Josef Modl listed in 1771 as musical instrument trader, living at Modlgasse 371 (549) in Graslitz. The father of Ernst Modl was named Josef Modl, his mother's name was Katherina. There were also 40 independent companies that either produced musical instruments or their components. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 86 middle and smaller textile factories and 11 musical instrument factories in Graslitz. The other economic pillar was textile industry. Graslitz housed an extensive production of musical instruments, brass and woodwind, but also harmonicas. It was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Graslitz, now known as Kraslice, is a town close to the border with Germany. The life of Ernst Modl starts on July 4th 1892 in Graslitz, Czechoslovakia. 4.6.4 1956 Second Australian Tour, Armstrong playing Emo?.4.6.3 1955 Berlin, Newport, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, The Hague, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and more.4.6 The story about Louis Armstrong playing an Emo.4.5.2.5 Other names that are sometimes connected to Emo.4.5.2.1 Buffet-Crampon/Evette & Schaeffer.2.3 Emo Leichtmetallbau, Ernst Modl & Co.1.3 Some more F.X.Hüller & Co labelled instruments.