Johann Fritz (piano maker)

Johann Peter Fritz was a piano maker based in Vienna. He was one of Vienna's most distinguished piano makers.[1] His pianos were valued for good quality and melodiousness.[2] It is known, that Giuseppe Verdi was very fond of Johann Fritz's pianos and used the Viennese 6-pedal Fritz piano from the time of Rigoletto in 1851 to Aida in 1871. This exact piano can be seen in the composer's Villa Verdi in Province of Piacenza in Italy.

Johann Fritz
Died1834
OccupationPiano maker

After Johann Fritz's death, his son Joseph (born in Vienna, 1808), continued the firm, apparently under the original name. He seemed to have moved his workshop to Graz in the late 1830s, after 1837.[3]

Some of Johann Fritz's instruments survived until today and are presented in museums such as The Museum of Musical Instruments in Milan, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Finchcocks Museum in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[4]

One of the copies of Johann Fritz's pianos which was made by a modern piano maker Paul McNulty can be found in the University of Regensburg in Germany. Fritz died in 1834 in Vienna.[3]

References
  1. "Pianoforte Johann Fritz". www.chrismaene.be.
  2. Dow, William; Burnett, Richard (2004). Company of Pianos. Finchcocks Press. p. 121. ISBN 9781903942352. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. Novak Clinkscale, Martha (1993). Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860. Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN 0198166257. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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