the following year he opened his workshop and married, on 26 november, margarete holzhammer with whom he had eight children. stainer continued to produce outstanding instruments for court musicians and for the orchestra of the cathedrals of innsbruck, salzburg, munich, nuremberg, bolzano, merano, bressanone and the court of spain. in 1656 he achieved success and bought a house, now known as 'house of jacob stainer' () in which he built his instruments, including the most precious one, preserved at the "tiroler landesmuseum (ferdinandeum)" innsbruck.