History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . HE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF IRON HAWKINS COLLARDS THE UPRIGHT PIANOFORTE MARIUS SOUTHWELL. The name of Erard is more historic than that of founder of this celebrated house was SebastianErhardt, born in Strasburg in 1752, of German sixteen he settled in Paris, where he learned harpsi-chord-making. He dropped incidentally into the piano-forte business, and in collaboration with his brother JeanBatistefounded the house of Erard. Meanwhile youngErhardt had changed the exterior expression of his namet
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . HE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF IRON HAWKINS COLLARDS THE UPRIGHT PIANOFORTE MARIUS SOUTHWELL. The name of Erard is more historic than that of founder of this celebrated house was SebastianErhardt, born in Strasburg in 1752, of German sixteen he settled in Paris, where he learned harpsi-chord-making. He dropped incidentally into the piano-forte business, and in collaboration with his brother JeanBatistefounded the house of Erard. Meanwhile youngErhardt had changed the exterior expression of his nameto Erard, owing to the hostility felt during those yearstoward the Germans by the French. The French Revo-lution drove the Erards to London, where they carriedon business for some time, but later returned to Erard patented some harp improvements in1794, which gave him some note. His well-known doubleaction for the harp, which gave him special notoriety,was mock patentedin 1808. This was really the inventionof William Southwell, formerly of Dublin, who took out. QO o p o« pq wo 1-2
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