The Pianofortefabrik in Leipzig is one of the oldest and most renowned piano manufacturers of the world. One says a warm, romantic, singing sound to Pianos after. Their lyric character becomes effective particularly in the chamber music well.

History of the house

1853-1903

The German building of pianos has a long tradition in Saxonia. Particularly in Leipzig, where one maintained an intensive relationship with the art, Julius Ferdinand found the ideal fertile soil for its establishment of an enterprise. At the 7.November 1853 in the west city Leipzig, corner Plagwitzer road/west road created its enterprise. Leipzig was at this time beside Paris, London, Vienna one of the basic columns of the European advanced culture. World-famous was at that time the Thomanerchor or the conservatoire justified by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Beside the large cultural inheritance of the city Leipzig was also one of in the best way developed commercial centres with outstanding supraregional contacts and quite wealthy middle class. All of this were reasons, which arranged to create its enterprise here. The first sawing cut in its own workshop he did with the saying "it walte to God "(1) . The beginning fell first modestly out. The capital of was enough first only for a few rented area and 3 worker. Necessary tools had to be only still manufactured, before it could loose-go at all only correctly. The firm founder was hardly to be braked before loud act urge. It appeared frequently already two hours before official beginning of work (six o'clock). Pretty often it was that, which deleted the light only against 22 bzw.23 clock. It sold its first wing into the Ostertagen 1854. Certain professor Weber had been assigned a good wing to buy. So the wing with other wings had to measure. Whereby its as the far Model was recognized and bought. In the first year still nine further wings were built. issued its wings fast generally speaking frameworks and in such a way excited it fast the attention of the connoisseurs, pianists, or authorities, who for the first time the quality of the wings. Thus the enterprise increased at first still slowly in the middle of the sixties however rapidly. In the fourth operational year busy it already 14 Arbeiter.1858 it decided the house, in which it rented to date areas, to kaufen.1863 first times Pianos in the factory manufactured itself. He bought a property likewise corner Plagwitzer road/west road and built there one for one hundred workers computed factory. Green Thursday 1864 was it then so far, it pulled with its 37 workers into the new building. Short time was fully occupied the enterprise later. With the removal the transformation from an enterprise relating to crafts was perfect to a factory. Each year brought now new achievements and new successes. First prices came on world exhibitions and personal honours. The consequence was naturally the rising demand for its instruments. So one had to build a second factory for 1870. This was equipped with most modern steam engines. one built a third factory for 1872-1873 following first. Despite the war one could adjust 170 new workers. In London 1876 an agency were created, which sold both instruments for the inland and for colonies. With regard to the future had already begun 1868 with the structure of a world-comprehensive operating system. Many of these relations flourish until today. 1876-1877 followed then again extensions at the factory. Moreover had to be built drying memory and solid The whole manufacturing plant was now a road quarter large. Already after twenty years busy over eight hundred coworkers. 1878 read Julius a generous hall prepare by one if possible all instruments the public to present wanted. The exhibition hall was at the seat at that time of the company at the west road. On sieved November 1878 one celebrated the twenty five-year old anniversary with a large celebration. What sympathy and extraordinary appreciation the company enjoyed already at that time, showed up in hundreds of congratulation and Annerkennungsschreiben. A letter of the advice of the city Leipzig referred to the meaning of the great Etablissements for of Leipzig high merkantile and artistic position. The company expanded, so that one had again space lack. A new factory building had to be created in the year 1881. 1888 were established its own sawmill in Leutzsch, in order to cover the constant increasing need at cut woods. The work was equipped with ultramodern reciprocating saws. In addition in same place an enormous Holzlager was established, by storing different wood as spruce, oak, beech, in addition, wood from far countries as the Again 1890 a new factory site were established, which for 230 workers place offered. This time also an extension building at the sawmill in Leutzsch became finished, which became fair the increasing demand. The stockroom and the drying camps were extended by thirty per cent. Because modern machines and the connection to the again established steam power plant made possible to process a larger quantity wood than so far. Thus was to be corresponded the enterprise in a the position also the increasing need at instruments in South America and the Southeast Asiatic Kronkolonien. The expansion of this time as well as the constant extensions of the manufacturing plants made the most important Klaviermanufaktur Europe. There was hardly a metropolis, in which the instruments were not represented. Whether Buenos Aires, Manila, Bombay, found Bangkok, everywhere the instruments to large resemblance. Until today in it nothing changed. Altogether it gave from 1881-1890 enormous structural extensions of up to 55000 square meters. The annual production rose up to the year 1903 to 3000 pieces. From the establishment to the year 1903 63000 wings and/or Pianos were sold. Up to the today's time there is more than 150,000 wings, which were sold.

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