For a period he was manager of the London branch of Johann Anton André's publishing firm.
Other pupils include Ferdinand Hiller, Désiré Magnus, and Aloys Schmitt.
Printing was by lithography, at that time a new process, which the firm called "polyautography".
In 1807, Johann Anton André closed the London business and Vollweiler returned to Germany; he continued to work for the firm in Offenbach am Main until 1818.
In 1844, he produced instruction books for beginners in piano-playing, and in singing, published by Schott.