Carl Rönisch

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Carl Rönisch in Dresden, court piano factory (approx. 1892)

The Carl Rönisch Pianoforte Manufaktur GmbH is an established in 1845 manufacturer of pianos and wings based in Dresden (since 1845), in the district of Böhlitz-Ehrenberg from Leipzig (since 1945) and in Großpösna in Leipzig (since 2009).

history

The piano factory was founded in 1845 by Carl Rönisch (1814–1894) in Dresden . In 1866 he developed the cast iron frame, one of the most important requirements for modern piano construction . With first prizes at world exhibitions, the factory became a purveyor to the court for the Saxon royal family . Due to the high quality of the products, the owner Karl Moritz Rönisch was awarded the title of kuk court piano manufacturer .

In 1918 Hermann Rönisch, the son of the company founder, sold the "Carl Rönisch Hof-Pianofabrik" to Ludwig Hupfeld AG in Leipzig after the successor to his successor had died in the First World War . He had been a business partner with Ludwig Hupfeld since 1902.

In 1945 the main Rönisch plant fell victim to the bombing raid on Dresden . Since 1948 the instruments with the brand name Rönisch have been built in the "Leipziger Pianofortefabrik", the main factory of Ludwig Hupfeld AG in the Böhlitz-Ehrenberg district of Leipzig. In 1967 the "Leipziger Pianofortefabrik" was incorporated into the VEB Deutsche Piano-Union Leipzig .

After the fall of the Berlin Wall , this state enterprise was dissolved; The "Leipziger Pianofortefabrik GmbH" was created from Plant 1 of Rönisch / Hupfeld. This was taken over by the Leonberg- based piano manufacturer Pfeiffer , for whom Rönisch / Hupfeld also manufactured instruments under the Pfeiffer name at times .

In 2009 the Pianofortefabrik Leipzig GmbH & Co. KG was taken over by the piano manufacturer Blüthner and has been operating under the traditional name of "Carl Rönisch Pianofortemanufaktur GmbH" since then. In the same year production moved to the Blüthner factory in Großpösna near Leipzig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Todtenschau . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , Volume 1894, No. 3, p. 151.
  2. ↑ Handbook of the Supreme Court and the Court of His K. and K. Apostolic Majesty . Kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei , Vienna 1917, p. 520 .
  3. ↑ a b Company history, Chapter 2: 1900–1944. A global brand and its musical admirers .
  4. ↑ a b Company history, Chapter 3: 1945–1999. Back to the roots .
  5. ↑ Company history, Chapter 4: 2000 - today .

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