History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . leyel was born in Austria, in 1757. His en-trance upon this planet was eminently signalized by thecircumstance that he was the twenty-fourth child bornto his mother since her marriage to Martin Pleyel. Butthe good lady died soon after the birth of Ignace, where-upon the father of the celebrated piano-maker undernotice married again and added fourteen children moreto his previous record, thirty-eight in all, about thirty-five of whom lived and prospered. Pleyel became a THE ORIGIN OF THE PIANOFORTE. 23 clever compos
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . leyel was born in Austria, in 1757. His en-trance upon this planet was eminently signalized by thecircumstance that he was the twenty-fourth child bornto his mother since her marriage to Martin Pleyel. Butthe good lady died soon after the birth of Ignace, where-upon the father of the celebrated piano-maker undernotice married again and added fourteen children moreto his previous record, thirty-eight in all, about thirty-five of whom lived and prospered. Pleyel became a THE ORIGIN OF THE PIANOFORTE. 23 clever composer in after years, and rose to be chapel-master of Strasburg Cathedral. He settled in Parisabout 1804, and drifted into the business of manufactur-ing pianos in a short time, where he turned his celebrityas a musician and composer to account. He rapidlybecame owner of one of the largest establishments inEurope. About 1835 his son Camile and his partnerKalkbrenner—well known as a musician—were control-ling the largest pianoforte trade, wholesale and retail,then in CHAPTER II. The Origin of the Pianoforte. THE HOUSE OF ERARD PLEYEL—PAPE MORE ABOUT ENG-LISH PIANOFORTE-MAKING—THE 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
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