Johann Christian Schleip

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Johann Christian Schleip (born September 2, 1786 in Tüngeda near Gotha , † September 8, 1848 in Berlin ) was a German piano maker . Schleip became known for its special design of the cabinet-shaped upright fortepiano in lyre form.

Life

During his instrument making time in Tüngeda near Gotha, Schleip became known in 1813 for his invention of the pedals with a fortepiano tone. In 1818 Johann Schleip came to Berlin and opened his own workshop for the production of musical instruments. Evidence of his activity in Berlin from 1820 to 1848. In April 1828 Johann Schleip married "Emilie Albertine Runge". In July 1831 their only child Benedictus was born. Schleip applied for numerous patents during his creative period. After his death, his son Benedictus Schleip continued the workshop until 1908, when JC Schleid was sold to Carl H. Hintze Berlin, piano maker and supplier to the royal court .

Works

Schleip lyre piano 1822

Schleip's specialty was the production of fortepiano in lyre shape . This type of piano was made almost exclusively in Berlin between 1820 and 1850. The lyre pianos were an integral part of modern bourgeois Biedermeier salons in northern Germany. Some well-preserved lyre pianos can be found in museums and private collections around the world . A playable fortepiano in lyre shape that Schleip made around 1820/25 is exhibited today in the Basel Historical Museum .

description

Schleip Hammerflügel in Lyraform um 1820/25. Die Signatur befindet sich auf einem Porzellanschild auf dem Vorsatzbrett: „J. C. Schleip in Berlin“
  • Range: 6 octaves (F1-f4)
  • upright English push mechanism with release
  • three toggle levers for una corda displacement
  • Bassoon slide (F1-f1) and mute lift
  • Casing with rosewood veneer and fillet inlay, openwork upper frame, covered with green silk, body shape of a stylized lyre
  • Key coverings: ivory (lower keys) and ebony (upper keys)
  • Strings made of brass and steel, 2-course throughout
  • Dimensions:
    • Height: total 207 cm (with legs)
    • Width: 112 cm
    • Depth: 59 cm

Other Schleip instruments still preserved

Lyre wing in the Prignitz Museum in Havelberg
  • Lyre grand piano, around 1820, straight, 2-course, FF-f4, three toggle levers, case solid wood, veneered with red / precious wood Tigerwood, inlay maple in combination with ebony, keyboard ivory / bone bone on softwood, privately owned
  • Lyre wing, around 1822, Weimar Castle Museum
  • Lyre Grand Piano, in the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota
  • Lyre grand piano, around 1835, mahogany wood, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Lyre piano, in the Nydahl Collection, Stockholm
  • Lyre piano, in the Cantos Music Collection, Calgary
  • Lyre grand piano, in the Sweelinck Collection in Museum Geelvinck , Amsterdam
  • Lyre wing, in the Prignitz Museum in Havelberg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ General musical newspaper 1813
  2. ↑ Martha Novak Clinkscale, Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860, Oxford University Press 327 pp
  3. ^ Address book Berlin 1824
  4. ^ Rosamond EM: The Piano-Forte. London: Heckscher 1933. Completely revised edition 1978. Reprinted 1989, p. 235
personal data
SURNAME Schleip, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German piano maker
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Tüngeda near Gotha
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1848
Place of death Berlin