Leopold Sauer

Leopold Sauer or Leopohl Sauer (* before 1800 in Prague ; † unknown) was an instrument maker and organ builder in Prague.

Sauer made the acquaintance of Georg Joseph Vogler and developed his orchestrion further. In this context, Sauer also invented the reflection silencer. Vogler stayed in Prague two years after 1798 before staying in Vienna for four years. Vogler examined the fortepianos built according to his suggestions and gave a benevolent judgment.

Sauer built at least two fortepianos (pianoforte) as a combination of piano and organ.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Sauer, Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 277 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ Jonas Braasch: Organ register with single reeds. History, construction and acoustic properties. Logos-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8325-0758-2 , p. 52.
↑ Gustav Schilling (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Köhler, Stuttgart 1840, p. 667: "Based on this model, Leopold Sauer, instrument maker in Prague, built a large fortepiano with string and whistle pedals, which had 16 feet in the pedal and 8 feet through the entire piano, and in 1813 owned by Count Leopold v. Kinsky was in Prague. The same master made a second instrument of this kind in 1804 "( online in the Google book search)
^ General musical newspaper. Volume 25, 1823, p. 151: “A second instrument of the kind made by Mr. Sauer 1804 for the wine merchant Mr. Graf in Prague. "( Online in the Google book search)

personal data
SURNAME	Sour, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sour, Leopohl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Instrument maker and organ builder in Prague
DATE OF BIRTH	18th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	19th century

[1] Jonas Braasch: Organ register with single reeds. History, construction and acoustic properties. Logos-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8325-0758-2 , p. 52.

[2] Gustav Schilling (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Köhler, Stuttgart 1840, p. 667: "Based on this model, Leopold Sauer, instrument maker in Prague, built a large fortepiano with string and whistle pedals, which had 16 feet in the pedal and 8 feet through the entire piano, and in 1813 owned by Count Leopold v. Kinsky was in Prague. The same master made a second instrument of this kind in 1804 "( online in the Google book search)

[3] General musical newspaper. Volume 25, 1823, p. 151: “A second instrument of the kind made by Mr. Sauer 1804 for the wine merchant Mr. Graf in Prague. "( Online in the Google book search)