Musical instrument makers Musical instrument makers Albert was a Belgian clarinet maker, based in Brussels. His work started around 1840, and his sons continued making clarinets until the end of the First World War. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert (clarinet maker)"
Charles Collin-Mezin, Jr. ( 1870– 1934) was a French violin maker, and an Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Collin-Mezin, Jr."
Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin ( 1841- 1923) was a distinguished French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows. He was an Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts and won gold and silver medals at the Paris Exhibitions in 1878, 1889, and 1900. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin"
Desiderio Quercetani (b. 7 November 1961) is a luthier specializing in the construction of baroque violins in Parma, Italy. He studied with Parma luthier Renato Scrollavezza. He has run his own workshop since 1987, and recently opened a school, Bottega di Parma, for the making of stringed instruments. ...more on Wikipedia about "Desiderio Quercetani"
Ernst David ( 1864 - c. 1918) was a German Schriftsetzer ( typesetter), Buchdrucker (book printer) and Instrumentenmacher ( musical instrument maker) in the city of Bielefeld, Germany. By the time he was 21, ( 1885) it is believed he already was doing business under his own name. By 1888 he was making musical insturments. By 1904 his business had grown to become a small instrument factory. After his death the factory kept his name, but was owned by his son Albert David. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst David"
(Estey Piano Corp) Factory Location: Bluffton, Indiana ...more on Wikipedia about "Estey Piano Corp"
Fazioli is a piano manufacturing company founded in 1978 in Sacile, Italy by Paolo Fazioli and a small team of his friends. Their largest piano is the Fazioli F308., at ten feet two inches in length. Perhaps the F308 is largest piano available ("production Piano"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fazioli" http://www.shortopedia.com, just the best.
Guarneri is the family name of a group of highly acclaimed violin makers ( luthiers) from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guarneri"
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg ( February 17, 1797 - 1871), piano manufacturer, also Heinrich Engelhardt Steinweg and Henry E. Steinway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg"
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume ( 1798- 1875) was one of the greatest geniuses in the history of violin making, and the most important of the Vuillaume family of luthiers (listed below). ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Baptiste Vuillaume"
John Broadwood (born 6 October 1732 in Oldhamstocks, died 1812) is the founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Broadwood"
Leopold Widhalm ( October 2, 1722 – June 10, 1776) was an Austrian luthier. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leopold Widhalm"
Les Paul (born June 9, 1915) is best known as a guitarist, and as one of the most important figures in the development of modern electric instruments and recording techniques. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar (the Gibson Les Paul he helped design is one of the most famous and enduring models), multitrack recording, and various reverb effects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Les Paul"
A luthier is someone who is capable of crafting and repairing any of the many types of stringed instruments. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luthier" http://www.shortopedia.com for you!
Mason and Hamlin, one of the outstanding piano manufacturers of all time, was founded by Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin in Boston in 1854. Henry Mason was the son of Lowell Mason, the famous American hymn composer and musical educator. Henry's brother William was the first American piano student of Franz Liszt and introduced many works of Robert Schumann and other famous Europeans to Americans during the rough Civil War era and beyond, this at a time when classical music still had little American identity. William played a Steinway, which must have caused some conflict in the family. Rachmaninoff was known to prefer M&H pianos, probably given their renowned strong bass section, developed using a patented M&H cross-stringing technique. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mason and Hamlin"
Orville H. Gibson (born in 1856- 1918, Chateaugay, New York) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1902, makers of guitars and mandolins and other instruments. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orville Gibson"
Richard Echeverria (born October 20 1961) is an American luthier who has built fretted instruments for musicians such as Brendan O'Brien and Peter Buck. As a young aspiring luthier in Colorado, he was influenced heavily by Monty Novotny. In 1979 he relocated to Atlanta, Ga. and became a part of the vibrant music business there. Currently residing in Tucson, Arizona. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richard Echeverria"
The Ruckers were a most famous flemish family of harpsichord makers who were active during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries in Antwerp. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ruckers"
Sébastien Erard (born Sébastien Erhard, 5 April 1752 - 5th August 1831) was a French instrument maker who specialised in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and pioneering the modern piano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sébastien Erard"
Steinway & Sons is a piano maker based in New York City and Hamburg, Germany. Steinway pianos are among the most famous pianos in the world and are frequently used by professional pianists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Steinway & Sons"
(Welte-Mignon) M. Welte & Sons, Freiburg and New York ...more on Wikipedia about "Welte-Mignon"
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Young Chang is a Korean manufacturer of pianos and industrial wood working machinery, headquartered in Incheon South Korea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Young Chang"
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