Friedrich Wilhelm Thie

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Wilhelm Thie triple harmonica, patented 1876, in the Bennington Museum

Friedrich Wilhelm Thie (* 1803 in Rathenow ; † 1869 ) was a harmonica manufacturer in Vienna .

Life

In 1824 Wilhelm Thie bought a “mouth harp” in Vienna and built it. In 1834 he founded the world's first Wilhelm Thie harmonica factory . In 1841 Wilhelm Thie discovered the principle of the tremolo harmonica . In Vienna in 1922 Wilhelm Thie's grandchildren sold to a company in Graslitz (Bohemian Vogtland).

Quote: "The Wilhelm Thie company, which was founded in 1834 and which employed several hundred workers around 1890 and enjoyed a worldwide reputation for its quality, became the leading producer."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trade and business address book of the Austrian monarchy: Trade and business address book of the Austrian monarchy . Vienna 1852, p. 333 ff .
  2. ^ A b Hartmut Berghoff: Between small town and world market: Hohner and the harmonica 1857–1961 . Schöningh, Paderborn / Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-506-72984-5 , pp. 67 .
  3. ^ Fritz Meisel: History of the harmonica . In: Musikblatt . No. 4 , 1981, p. 39 .
personal data
SURNAME Thie, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian harmonica manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Rathenow
DATE OF DEATH 1869