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1800s
1800
- John Isaac Hawkins, Philadelphia, and Matthias Muller, Vienna, make small
uprights
1801
Edward Riley obtains a patent for a transposing piano, in which the keyboard
moved laterally, allowing keys to work on different notes
1802
Nanette Streicher separates
from her brother, Matthaus Andreas Stein, to make pianos in her own name
1803
Erard
Brothers of Paris present Beethoven with a piano
1804
- Challen Pianos London were
established. Their clam to fame is that they made the worlds largest grand: twelve
feet long!
1807
- Pleyel established, Paris
- The sticker action was invented by William
Southwell
1808
- Erard patents the agraffe, a metal stud through which strings pass
from the tuning pin
- Bracing bars of metals were used to support the wooden frame
in Broadwoods grands
1809
- Erard patents pinblock bushings, used to strengthen pinblock
from string pressure on tuning pins
- Erard introduces the "Roller Double Escapement"
or compound escapement action
1810
- English and Continental makers design 6-octave
pianos, English from C-c, German from F-f
- "Upright grands" made in England and "giraffes"
in Germany and Austria
1811
- Robert Wornum patents small upright, London
- Conrad Graf
established, Vienna
1816
Nanette Streicher makes 6 1/2-octave grands, C-f, Vienna
1817
-
Thomas Broadwood, London presents a grand piano to Beethoven, Vienna
- Vienna Conservatory
founded
1819
Carl Sauter Company established, Spaichingen, Germany
1820
- First successful
use of metal in grand piano frame by Thom and Allen, London
- Freres Aucher, of France
was one of the first piano makers with a folding keyboard, came to be know as a yacht
piano
1821
- Sebastien Erard patents the double-escapement "repetition" action, basis
of modern grand action, Paris