Bernhard Kohn
Bernhard Kohn was an important Viennese entrepreneur who ran the "piano and harmonium establishment" of the same name, which specialized in trading these instruments.
history
The Kohn company was founded in 1856, it was located at Himmelpfortgasse 20 in the 1st district of Innere Stadt . In 1886 she was officially registered as a piano dealer for the first time. The company specialized in the procurement and lending of Steinway, Blüthner and Schweighofer pianos, but also offered services such as piano tuners . Customers not only included Gustav Mahler , Heinrich Schenker and the Wittgenstein family , but also the nobility and the imperial court. Bernhard Kohn was appointed supplier to the Imperial and Royal Court for his services .
After the First World War , Kohn became a member of the cooperative of piano, harmonium and organ builders in Vienna in 1926. Together with the piano manufacturer Friedrich Karbach , Kohn took over the Austrian piano manufacturer Schweighofer at the end of the 1920s . At the same time, Johann Schweighofer opened a separate piano factory, also under the name Schweighofer. In order to distinguish the produced instruments from one another, Karbach put the name “Kohn & Karbach” on the soundboards in addition to the common inscription “Schweighofer”. The Schweighofer (Kohn & Karbach) company produced pianos until Austria's annexation in 1938, when it had to close because Kohn was Jewish.
literature
- Cooperative of piano, harmonium and organ builders in Vienna, list of members 1926 (Vienna 1926), p. 11.
- Allan Janik and Hans Veigl . Wittgenstein in Vienna. A biographical foray through the city and its history (Vienna, New York 1998), pp. 108–110.
- Jens-Uwe Witter. The piano lexicon. Names and brands from piano, organ and harmonium construction as well as trade and service from 1788–2000 , 2nd edition (Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2000), p. 399.
Web links
- Marko Deisinger: Kohn, Bernhard. In: Schenker Documents Online. Columbia University, August 2, 2009, accessed August 2, 2009 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '17.3 " N , 16 ° 22' 29.9" E