Rudolf Sander
Rudolf Sander (* 1866 in Kaiserslautern ; † October 30, 1942 in Wolfstein ) was an instrument maker who mainly made brass instruments. He was the most famous offspring of the Sander family of instrument makers , who ran workshops in Kaiserslautern, Wolfstein and Lauterecken .
After a traveling apprenticeship, he opened a workshop for building instruments in Wolfstein in 1892. His instruments were particularly popular with American orchestras and were famous for their purity of tone. He held several patents for brass instruments and corresponded with various greats on the music scene at the time. The company Carl Fischer, New York, offered him to take over the agency for his instruments in the USA and Canada. His great basses and giant tubas are known.
A Subcontra-C tuba made by him is considered the largest tuba in the world. Today it is exhibited in the Musikantenland Museum at Lichtenberg Castle near Thallichtenberg in the Kusel district .
His son Friedrich, born in 1894, continued the workshop in Wolfstein. Another son, August, opened a workshop in Lauterecken.
Literature and Sources
- Marliese Fuhrmann: Cuckoo Call and Nightingale. Gollenstein Verlag, ISBN 3-933389-27-5
- Paul Engel: Palatinate Musikantenland Museum at Lichtenberg Castle. Görres-Verlag, Koblenz, ISBN 3-920388-99-2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sander, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German brass instrument maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1942 |
| Place of death | Wolfstein |