Aloys Aegydius Biber

Aloys Aegydius Biber , also Aloys Biber for short , (born September 1, 1804 in Ellingen , † December 13, 1858 in Munich ) was a German piano and harpsichord maker. He belongs to the “Biber” family of piano makers.

life and work

Aloys Aegydius Biber learned the piano-making trade from his father Andreas Clemens and from his brother Anton Dominikus Biber in Ellingen. In 1833 he moved to Munich. In 1848 he was granted a license to build a piano factory there and the title of “court piano manufacturer”.

He further developed the English piano mechanics and invented the so-called "sound machine", which produced a powerful bell tone in the higher octaves. This invention was awarded a gold medal at the industrial exhibition in Mainz in 1842. Aloys Biber's instruments were highly valued because of their "richness of sound and uniformity of timbre across the entire range".

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Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Biber, German family of piano makers. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 111 (first edition: 1882).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Riemann Music Lexicon. Aloys Aegydius Biber.
↑ GND. Aloys Aegydius Biber.

personal data
SURNAME	Biber, Aloys Aegydius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Biber, Aloys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German piano and harpsichord maker
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ellingen
DATE OF DEATH	December 13, 1858
Place of death	Munich

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Riemann Music Lexicon. Aloys Aegydius Biber.

[2] GND. Aloys Aegydius Biber.