Otto Lange (piano maker)

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Paul Otto Richard Lange (born April 15, 1856 in Berlin ; † May 5, 1929 there ) was a German businessman and piano manufacturer .

family

Lange's parents were Johann Wilhelm Julius Lange, a businessman in Berlin, and Friederike Caroline Amalie, nee. Weber. He married Martha Amalie Ernestine Helene, born on October 10, 1883 in Ratibor . Schmidt.

job

Lange was active in Berlin as an exporter of gold strips from 1886 at the latest . In the following years he expanded his field of activity to include commission and export business with gold strips and furniture, and later also with pianinos . One of his business partners was the company " Aders & Blumberg " in Berlin, Alte Jakobstr. 65. The company founded in Berlin, which moved its headquarters to Guben in 1879 but kept a branch in Berlin, produced gold moldings, picture frames and, since 1883, pianinos. When the owners of the company, Hugo and Paul Aders, wanted to part with the Berlin piano production, Otto Lange joined Hugo and Paul Aders as a partner in the part of the company that had been separated under the name "Lange & Co., Pianofabrik". After the co-partners left, he continued the company at the previous address under the name "Otto Lange, Pianofabrik". Lange gave up the commission and export business in the following years.

On November 25, 1902, bankruptcy proceedings were opened against the assets of the piano manufacturer Lange in Berlin, Blumenstrasse 65. The piano factory was liquidated. After the liquidation of the assets by the bankruptcy trustee, a stock of 6988 Marks came to the final distribution for distribution to claims amounting to 93929 Marks. The proceedings were canceled after the closing date of June 4, 1904.

literature

  • Hubert Henkel: Lexicon of German piano makers . Textbook series Das Musikinstrument . Volume 73. Verlag Erwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 355, ISBN 3-923639-37-6 .
  • Erwin Stein (Ed.): Monographs of German Cities: Representation of German cities and their work in the economy, finance, hygiene, social policy and technology. Volume 25, Guben. Deutscher Kommunal Verlag, Berlin 1928. p. 265 ff.
  • Paul de Wit (Ed.): World address book of the entire musical instrument industry with an appendix containing the import duties on musical instruments in all countries and a dictionary of the technical terms occurring in the musical instrument industry in German-French-English . Publisher Paul de Wit, Leipzig 1900, German Empire. Berlin. Pianofabriken, p. 20.
  • Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 23, no. 7 Publisher Paul de Wit, Leipzig on Dec. 1, 1902, p 183. Digitalisat
  • Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 24, no. 20, Verlag Paul de Wit, Leipzig April 11, 1904, p 587. Digitalisat
  • Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 24, no. 24, Verlag Paul de Wit, Leipzig May 21, 1904, p 703. Digitalisat

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Landesarchiv Berlin: death certificate 232/1929 of the registry office Berlin-Steglitz.
  2. ↑ Evangelisches Landesarchiv Berlin: Kirchenbuch Berlin-Jerusalemskirche No. A1731, Baptisms 1856, p. 64/65, serial No. 297, April 15, 1856.
  3. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1886. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1886, p. 594 .
  4. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1887. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1887, p. 608 .
  5. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1891. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1891, p. 719 .
  6. ↑ Erwin Stein (Ed.): Monographs of German Cities: Representation of German cities and their work in the economy, finance, hygiene, social policy and technology . tape 25 , Guben. Deutscher Kommunal Verlag, Berlin 1928, p. 265 ff .
  7. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1883. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1883, p. 4 .
  8. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1892. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1892, p. 738 .
  9. ^ W. & S. Loewenthal (eds.): Berlin address book for the year 1894. Using official sources . tape 1 . Verlag W. & S. Loewenthal, Berlin 1894, p. 768 .
  10. ↑ Berliner Adreßbuch-Gesellschaft mbH August Scherl (Ed.): Berliner Adreßbuch 1903. Using official sources . tape 4 . Verlag Berliner Adreßbuch = Gesellschaft mbH August Scherl, Berlin 1902, p. 946 .
  11. ↑ Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 23, No. 7 . Paul de Wit publishing house, Leipzig December 1, 1902, p. 183 .
  12. ↑ Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 24, No. 20 . Paul de Wit publisher, Leipzig April 11, 1904, p. 587 .
  13. ↑ Paul de Wit (ed.): Journal for instrument making . Volume 24, No. 24 . Paul de Wit publisher, Leipzig May 21, 1904, p. 703 .
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Paul Otto Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and piano manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1929
Place of death Berlin