List of piano makers
This is a list of well-known piano makers . Its purpose is to collect the names, dates of life and places of work of individual piano builders who had been making pianos by hand since the end of the 18th century. The names of industrialized piano manufacturers are also included.
A.
- Hugo Aders , Guben, co-partner of the Aders & Blumberg piano factory in Berlin, later renamed Lange & Co., Pianofabrik, in Berlin
- Paul Aders , Guben, co-partner of the Aders & Blumberg piano factory in Berlin, later renamed Lange & Co., Pianofabrik, in Berlin
- Charles Albrecht (approx. 1785–1830), Philadelphia, USA
- Gerhard Adam (piano maker) (1797–1879), Wesel, founder of the Gerhard Adam Wesel piano factory
- Emil Ascherberg (approx. 1860–1915), Dresden
- FJ Ackermann, Stuttgart
B.
- Paul Bach , Hamburg
- Baldwin Piano Company (since 1891), various locations in the USA
- Jacobus Ball , London
- Rudolf Barthol , Berlin
- Gustave Baudet , Paris
- Christian Baumann (1740–1816), Zweibrücken
- Josef Baumbach (around 1840), Vienna
- Carl Bechstein (1826–1900), Berlin
- Frederick Beck (around 1780), London
- Karl Gottfried Bellmann (* 1760), Dresden
- Valentin Berdux (1871–1971), Munich
- Traugott Berndt (founded in 1836), Breslau
- Jacob Bertsche (around 1810), Vienna
- John Betts (around 1790), London
- Adam Beyer (mentioned 1774–1795), London
- Aloys Biber (around 1850), Munich
- Julius Ferdinand Blüthner (1824–1910), Leipzig
- Bock & Hinrichsen (since 1869), Rendsburg
- Boos & Noller (since 1923), Stuttgart
- Luigi Borgato (* 1963), Lonigo
- Ignaz Bösendorfer (1794-1859), Vienna
- Ludwig Bösendorfer (1835–1919), Vienna
- C. Böttger (around 1860), Stettin
- John Broadwood & Sons (1732-1812), London
- Joseph Brodmann (~ 1763 or 1771–1848), Vienna
- Joseph Buchinger , London
- Gabriel Buntebart (around 1787), London
- JCM Burchardt (around 1835)
- JH Burmester (around 1860), Hamburg
- Adolph Buschmann (founded in 1805), Hamburg
C.
- Jonas Chickering (around 1830), Boston (USA)
- Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), London
- Crasselt & Rhäse , Löbau
- Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731), Florence
- Jacob Czapka (founded 1842), Vienna
D.
- Demmer & Mauelshagen
- Dietmann Pianos Pty, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Johann Christian Dietz (around 1900), France
- Carl Dieudonné around 1809, Stuttgart
- Joseph Dohnal (1759–1829), Vienna
- Cesare Donadoni (1849–1905), Berlin
- Friedrich Dörner (1830–1935), Stuttgart (today Matthaes & Kanhäuser , Stuttgart)
- Carl Drünner (mentioned 1813–1839), Pest (Hungary)
- Johann Ludwig (Louis) Dulcken (1761–1836), Munich
- Jes Leve Duysen (1820–1903), Berlin
E.
- Carl Corner (around 1905), Berlin / Dresden
- Friedrich Ehrbar (1827–1905), Vienna
- Peter Engelbronner (1668 – after 1748), Kleve
- Richard Traugott Eppler (1937-2006), Meßstetten
- Euterpe (Berlin, then Langlau, later the Bechstein brand)
- Sébastien Érard (1772–1831), Paris
F.
- Albert Fahr , Zeitz
- Fazer (from around 1950), Helsinki, Finland
- Paolo Fazioli, Rome
- August Hermann Francke , Leipzig
- Ludwig Feigel , Vienna
- Feurich (from 1851), Leipzig, Gunzenhausen, now a brand of the Bittner company, Vienna
- Johann Heinrich Ernst Fessel (* 1764), Dresden
- Gustav Arnold Fibiger (1912–1989), Kalisz
- Wilhelm Fissmer (around 1845), Minden
- August Förster (1829–1897), Löbau
- Georg Förtner (from 1871), Munich
- Arthur Franke (1925 Franke & Sponnagel , 1929 Franke, Sponnagel & Gerstenberger ), Liegnitz
- Johann Frenzel (around 1840), Linz
- Philipp Joseph Frick (around 1785), Berlin
- Christian Ernst Friederici (around 1750), Gera
- Johann Fritz (around 1820), Vienna
- Georg Fröschle (around 1776), London
- Paolo Fazioli (from 1979), Sacile
G
- Carl Gaissert (around 1873–1923), Zurich
- Christopher Ganer (around 1790), London
- Georg Garcka (around 1800), London
- Carl Julius Gebauhr (1809–1881), Königsberg i. Pr.
- John Geib (1744-1818), London
- William Gerber (around 1775), London
- Oscar Gerbstädt (1888–1990), Zeitz, Leipzig, since 1990 Leipziger Pianoforte GmbH
- Christopher Gerock († 1837), London
- Julius Gerstenberger (company founded in 1864; merged with Franke , Sponnagel & Gerstenberger in 1929 )
- Geyer , Eisenberg (Thuringia), see Wilhelm Steinberg (piano manufacturing)
- Gebr. Glaser (1910–1945), Jena, Stadtroda
- Carl Goetze (1837–1916), Saint Petersburg, Berlin
- Josef & Adolf Gössl (1854-?), Vienna
- Johann Gottfried Gräbner (1736–1808), Dresden
- Johann Wilhelm Graebner (1737–1798), Dresden
- Karl August Gräbner (1749–1827), Dresden
- Johann Gotthelf Gräbner († 1844), Dresden
- A. Grand (founded 1869), production stopped in 1988, resumed in 1990, from 1991 as A. Grand OHG, Wuppertal, in China by Brauneins and Buhé
- Conrad Graf (1782-1851), Vienna
- Johann Grimm (around 1820), Spaichingen
- Friedrich Grotrian (1803-1860), Braunschweig
- Grotrian-Steinweg (1835 Heinrich Steinweg, Seesen, 1850 Theodor Steinweg, Wolfenbüttel, 1856 with partner Grotrian, 1865 "Th. Steinweg Nachf., Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz"), Braunschweig, from approx. 1875 Grotrian-Steinweg
H
- Stephan Hain (1892– approx. 1972), Krefeld
- Carl Hamburger (1848–1891), Vienna,
- Hantke & Manitz (1924-?), Meissen
- John Crang Hancock (mentioned 1770–1799), London
- Joachim Harbich (around 1840), Vienna
- Carl Hardt (early 20th century), Stuttgart
- Georg Hasska (Haschka) sr. (1772–1828), Vienna
- Georg Hasska (Haschka) jr., Vienna
- Ferdinand Hauck (1805–1871), Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia
- John Isaak Hawkins (around 1801), Philadelphia
- Franz Anton Hayer (around 1820)
- Carl Ferdinand Heckel (1800-1870), Mannheim
- Johann Heichele (around 1820), Trieste
- Matthäus Heilmann (1744-1817), Mainz
- Carl Heinke (around 1880), Berlin
- Johann Ludwig Hellen (around 1770), Bern
- Alexander Herrmann , Sangerhausen
- Henri Herz (1803-1888), Paris
- Conrad Heubeck († 1837), Erlangen
- Johann Sebastian Heubeck (1811-1893), Nuremberg
- Heyl , Borna near Leipzig
- Carl Hintze , Berliner Klarvierbauer, Ritterstrasse 117 (from 1870)
- Carl H. Hintze , Berlin piano maker and dealer, Bülowstraße 48/49 (from 1896)
- Hoffmann & Kühne
- Ferdinand Hofmann (1756–1829), Vienna
- Hohner , Trossingen
- Gotthilf Honigmann (1818–1869), Halle (Saale)
- Gottfried Joseph Horn , Dresden
- Johann Gottlob Horn (1748–1796), Nickern near Dresden
- Richard Horsburgh (around 1785), Edinburgh
- Valentin Hottenroth (initially together with his brother Carl Hottenroth; 1874–1891), Johannisberg a. Rh.
- Friedrich Hoxa , Vienna
- Niklaus Hübert (1810–1890), Zurich
- Heinrich Hüni (1798–1866), Zurich
- Hupfeld Gotha
- Piano making family Hutzelmann, Eisenberg / Thuringia (since approx. 1750)
I.
- Johann Adolph Ibach (Fa. 1794-2007), Beyenburg, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Schwelm
- Johann Christian Gottlieb Irmler (* 1790 Grumbach (Wilsdruff) , † 1857), Leipzig
- Oswald Irmler (~ 1835–1905), Leipzig
- Otto Irmler († 1861), Leipzig
J
- Hermann Emil Jacobi - Burger (1852–1928) / Burger & Jacobi from 1872, Biel
- Johann Jakesch (~ 1763–1840), Vienna
- Johann Christoph Jeckel (1731-1813), Worms
- Martin Friedrich Jehle (1914–1982), Ebingen, Albstadt
- H. Jordans , Moenchengladbach
K
- Kaim , Kirchheim-Teck
- F. Kamossa (around 1900), Königsberg
- Ernst Kaps Piano Factory AG (1858–1925), Dresden
- Caspar Katholnig (~ 1763–1829), Vienna
- Koichi Kawai (1886–1955), Hamamatsu (Japan)
- Jacob Kirckman (around 1766), London
- Heinrich Kisting (1769-1853), Berlin
- David Klavins (* 1954), Bonn
- Johann Bernhard Klems (1812–1872), Düsseldorf
- Knauss-Coblenz
- Ignatz Kober (1756–1813), Vienna
- Johann Jakob Könnicke (1756–1811), Vienna
- H. Kracht (around 1940), Berlin
- Julius Kreutzbach (1845–1913), Leipzig
- Samuel Kühlewind (around 1790), Volkstedt (Saxony)
- H. Kriebel (1863-1934), Berlin
- Kaiser Pianoforte-Manufaktur KG (since 2001), Siegen
- C. Kemmler Osnabrück
- Johann Kuhse (1845–1917), Dresden
- Matthias Kunze (* 1952), Alt Meteln
- Matthias Kunze the Elder J. (* 1974), Schwerin, Alt Meteln
L.
- Otto Lange (1856–1929), Berlin
- Emil Lämmerhirt (around 1890), Berlin
- Wenzel Ledezki (~ 1761–1823), Vienna
- Adolf Lehmann
- Arthur Lehmann (1861–1931), Barmen
- Gotthelf David Lehmann (around 1764), Dresden
- Carl Lemme (1746–1815), Braunschweig
- Sebastian Lengerer (around 1790), Kufstein
- Jakob Lettner , Pest (Hungary)
- Augustus Leukfield (around 1805), London
- Hermann Lichtenthal until 1830: Brussels, until 1854: St. Petersburg
- Franz Liehr , Liegnitz
- Linke, (1890 - approx. 1925), Berlin
- Richard Lipp (1805–1873), workshop founded in Stuttgart in 1831
- Norbert Lippe , Eibelstadt
- Caspar Lorenz (mentioned 1834–1867), Vienna
- Benjamin Heinrich Lunau (1797–1883), Lübeck
- Edmund Luner (1867–1944), Atzgersdorf near Vienna
M.
- Heinrich Rudolph Mack , Dresden
- Leberecht Maercker (1808–1878), Halle a. Saale
- Otto Marquardt , Berlin
- A. Martmer & Co. (around 1875), Zurich
- Carl Mand (around 1835), Koblenz
- Th. Mann sen. (1831–1913), Bielefeld, successor to CW Volkening and founder of the Th. Mann & Co. piano factory.
- Manthey (until 1986), Berlin
- Andreas Marschall , Copenhagen
- Otto Marx (1871–1964)
- Theodor Matthaes (1883–1923), today Matthaes & Kanhäuser , Stuttgart
- Anton Matschinger , Pest (Hungary)
- May (since around 1870), Berlin
- J. Mayer & Co. (around 1910), Munich
- Carlo di Meglio (around 1830), Italy
- Sébastien Mercier (around 1831), Paris
- Leonhard Mey (around 1820), Mannheim
- Mohr & Schlauder, Freiburg i. B.
- Johann Müller (around 1840), Berlin
- LW Müller (around 1860), Hamburg
- Matthias Müller (1769–1844), Vienna
- Wilhelm Müller , Mainz
- Reinhard Müller (around 1860), Marburg
- Muirwood & Co. , Edinburgh
N
- Frederic Neubauer , London
- Gerhardt Ludwig Nagel , (approx. 1870–1939), Heilbronn
- Heinr. Neuhaus , Bochum
- J. Nemetschke , Vienna
- Johann Christof Neupert , Bamberg
- Ferdinand Niederhäuser (1668–1702), Vienna [1]
- Hermann Niendorf , Luckenwalde
- Karl Niendorf , Luckenwalde 1896
O
- C. Oehler , Stuttgart
- Obermeier, (around 1900 - 1920); Berlin
- Johann Christoph Oesterlein (1727–1792), Berlin
P
- Henri Pape (1789–1875), Paris
- Anton Pappenberger (prod. From 1912), Korneuburg near Vienna
- Alois Parttart (1841–1898), Atzgersdorf near Vienna
- Robert Pelnarsch , Neutraubling
- Julius Perzina (1845-1897), Schwerin
- Vendelin Peter (1795–1874), Pest (Hungary)
- Antonín Petrof (1839-1915),
- Julius Pfaffe , Berlin,
- Carl A. Pfeiffer, grand piano and piano factory, founded in Stuttgart in 1862 and Leonberg Pfeiffer (piano manufacturer)
- Jakob Pfister (1770–1838), Würzburg
- Gottlob Philipp, piano factory, founded in 1872 in Forst in der Lausitz, Cottbuser Straße
- Johann Daniel Philipps (1846–1926), founder of the Frankfurt orchestrion & piano instrument factory JD Philipps, 1886 in Frankfurt / Main
- Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1757–1831), Paris
- Joseph Pramberger (1938–2003), New York
- Friedrich Prein (founded October 24, 1857), Cologne
- J. Preiss (1878–1912), Ratibor in Upper Silesia (today Raciborz, Poland)
- Johannes Pohlmann (1717 – ca. 1794), London
Q
- CJ Quandt (founded 1854), Berlin
R.
- Eduard Ferdinand Rachals (1837–1902), Hamburg
- Mathias Ferdinand Rachals (1801–1866), Hamburg
- Johann Diedrich Rädecker (1765–1848), Lübeck
- Johann Friedrich Reisz (around 1820), Budweis
- Carl Ernst Fürchtegott Renzsch (around 1797), Dresden
- PJ Rippen (around 1926), Ede , Netherlands
- August Roloff (1841–1911), Neubrandenburg (Gebr. Roloff)
- Ludwig Roloff († after 1864), Neubrandenburg (Gebr. Roloff)
- Heinrich Roloff (the Elder) (1800–1885), Neubrandenburg (Gebr. Roloff)
- Heinrich Roloff (the Younger) (1839–1897), Neubrandenburg (Gebr. Roloff)
- Carl Rönisch (1814-1893), Dresden
- Gebr. Rohlfing (~ 1790–1944), Osnabrück
- Georg Conrad Rordorf (1821-85) and his cousin Rudolf Rordorf (1820-49); 1847–1922 Piano factory C. Rordorf & Co., Zurich
- Michael Rosenberger (~ 1766–1832), Vienna
- Ernst Philipp Rosenkranz (1773–1828), Dresden
- Carl Rossler (around 1830), Vienna
- August Roth
- Roth & Junius (around 1900), Hagen
- Andreas Georg Ritmüller (around 1800), Göttingen
- Carl Friedrich Ritter (1797–1863), Frankleben near Merseburg
- Carl Richard Ritter (1836–1917), Frankleben near Merseburg
- Alfred Ritter (1871-?), Halle
- Willi Ritter (1877-?), Halle
- F. de Rohden (* around 1855), Paris
S.
Sa-Sc
- Lorenz Sabel (1887–1941) Sabel piano factory, * 1920 formerly J. Bieger & Co. (founded 1842), Rorschach; In 1979 taken over by the Wilhelm Schimmel piano factory
- Carl Gottlob Sauer (around 1780), Dresden
- JP Sauer (around 1881), Stuttgart
- Leopold Sauer (around 1805), Prague
- Carl Sauter (around 1830), Spaichingen
- Johann Schantz (1762–1828), Vienna
- Carl Scheel (founded in 1846), Kassel
- August Scherer, Berlin
- Georg Schick , Ofen (Hungary)
- Schiedmayer & Soehne (around 1870)
- Balthasar Schiedmayer (1711–1781), Erlangen
- Johann David Schiedmayer (1753–1805), Erlangen
- Johann Lorenz Schiedmayer (around 1825), Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Constantin Schiffer (around 1780), Cologne
- Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik , Braunschweig
- Elias Schlegel (around 1750–1805), Altenburg
- Johann Christian Schleip (1786-1848), Berlin
- Christoph Friedrich Schmahl (1739–1814), Regensburg
- Johann Matthäus Schmahl (1734–1793), Ulm
- Caspar Schmidt , Prague
- Johann Evangelist Schmidt (1757–1804), Salzburg
- Johann Jacob Schmidt (around 1815), Vienna
- Karl Schmidt (1794–1872), Pressburg (Hungary)
- Joseph Schneider (around 1850), Vienna
- Johann Joseph Schöffstoss , also "Schöfstohs" (1767–1824), Vienna
- Joseph Schrimpf (around 1830), Vienna
- Christian Heinrich Schröder (around 1860), Hamburg
- Christoph Gottlieb Schröter (1699–1782), Saxony
- Gebr. Schütze (1919–1958), Neukölln (Berlin)
- Wilhelm Schwab (around 1785-1856), Pest (Hungary)
- Joachim Friedrich Schwarzlose (around 1830), Berlin
- Georg Schwechten, (approx. 1840–1920), Berlin
- Johann Michael Schweighofer (1806-1852), Vienna
- Michael Schweighofer (1771–1809), Vienna
Sd – Sz
- Benignus Seidner (around 1820), Vienna
- Eduard Seiler (company founded in 1849), Liegnitz
- Gustav Selinke (company founded in 1866, renamed Eduard Sponnagel in 1894 ), Liegnitz
- Ignaz Joseph Senft (around 1780), Augsburg
- Franz Martin Seuffert (1772–1847), Vienna
- Eduard Seuffert (1819–1855), Vienna
- Nobuyuki Shima , Allensbach
- Sybille Shima b. Jehle (1947-) , Allensbach
- Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753), Freiberg (Saxony)
- Johann Heinrich Silbermann (1727–1799), Strasbourg
- Joseph Simon (around 1830), Vienna
- William Southwell (around 1800), London / Dublin
- Franz Jacob Späth (1714 or 1717–1786), Regensburg
- Wilhelm Spaethe 1859, Gera
- Eduard Sponnagel (1847–1907, partner of Gustav Selinke from 1889, sole proprietor from 1894), Liegnitz
- Johann Andreas Stein (1728–1792), Augsburg
- Matthäus Andreas Stein (1776–1842), Vienna
- Carl Andreas Stein (1797–1863), Vienna, son of André Stein
- Wilhelm Steinberg (piano maker) , Eisenberg (Thuringia)
- Eduard Steingräber (1823–1906), Bayreuth
- Steinway & Sons
- Henry steinway jr. (1831-1865), New York
- Heinrich Steinweg (1797–1871), Braunschweig / New York
- Theodor Steinweg (1825–1889), Braunschweig
- Robert Stodart (1748–1831), London
- Theodor Stöcker (1811–1878), Berlin
- Johann Andreas Streicher (1761–1833), Vienna
- Johann Baptist Streicher (1796–1871), Vienna
- Nannette Streicher (1769–1833), Vienna
- NN Strouth around 1785, London
T
- Taubert & Dinjus , Eisenberg (Thuringia)
- Tetsch & May , Emmerich
- Rainer Thiemann , Lauff
- Thierbach , Dresden
- Ferd. Thürmer Pianofortefabrik , in Meißen (Elbe) until 1945, later in Herne and Bochum
- Johann Friedrich Treubluth (1739-1821), Dresden
- Thomas Tomkison (around 1820), London
- Trautwein (founded 1820), Berlin
- Trübger (founded 1872), Hamburg
- J. Tresselt (1823–1883) (Johann Christian Nicolai Tresselt), Riga and Saint Petersburg
- Johann Nepomuk Tröndlin (1824–1855), Leipzig
U
- Uebel & Lechleiter , Heilbronn
- H.Ullrich , Dresden
- Urbas & Reisshauer , approx. 1894–1932, Dresden-Cotta
V
- Ludovicus Verel (around 1780), London
- Johann Veres , Békés (Hungary)
- Vogel & Son
- Adolf Ernst Voigt , purveyor to the royal Spanish court, Berlin
- Ed. Voigt , Dresden
- FB Voigt (around 1845), Berlin
- CW Volkening (around 1807–1858), Bielefeld, succeeded by Theophil Mann sen.
- Verdugo e Hijo , Quito, Ecuador
W.
- Joseph Wachtl (around 1810), Vienna
- Johann Gottlob Wagner (~ 1750–1789), Dresden
- Christian Salomon Wagner , Dresden
- Anton Walter (1752–1826), Vienna
- Philipp Jacob Warth (mentioned 1788–1800), Untertürkheim near Stuttgart
- Jozef Wasilewski (around 1840), Warsaw
- Paul Weiss (1955–1971), Spaichingen (Baden-Württemberg)
- Wendl & Lung , since 1910 in Vienna
- Wilhelm Wieck (1828–1874), Dresden
- George Wilkinson (around 1830), London
- Isaac Willis , London
- Georg Winkler (around 1785), Munich
- Johann Conrad Winter (~ 1700–1777), Lübeck
- Johann Heinrich Winter (1800 -?), Bremen
- Johann Hinrich Winter (1773–1801), Lübeck
- Jürgen Hinrich Winter (1726 - ~ 1790), Lübeck
- Leonard Conrad Winter (1728–1777), Lübeck
- H. Wolfframm , Dresden
- Robert Wornum (1780-1852), London
Y
- Torakusu Yamaha (1851-1916), Hamamatsu (Japan)
- Young Chang (since 1956), Incheon (Korea)
Z
- A. Zakrzewski (around 1845), Warsaw
- Joseph Zastaupil (around 1850), Vienna
- Carpenter
- Carl Zobel (1822–1872), Pest (Hungary)
- Franz Zobel (1793–1844), Pest (Hungary)
- Johann Christoph Zumpe (1726–1790), London
See also
Web links
- Keyboard wiki database on the topic of historical piano making (contains a more detailed list of piano makers)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Engelbronner
- ↑ https://bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?c=viewer&l=ro&bandnummer=bsb00004263&pimage=00150&v=100&nav=
- ↑ Gerhard Sonnabend: Walk-in Feuerbach Memorial - Lippsche Pianofabrik - Wernerstraße (19). Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
- ^ Honorary award , Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , March 31, 1883, p. 118, accessed on December 17, 2012
- ↑ The ax on the piano. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ C. Ludwig: Forest and its industry in words and pictures . A. Jülich, Graphische Kunstanstalt, Chemnitz 1907, p. 160 .