Which brand of piano does Beethoven use??

[albertlee]

As mentioned in the topic

 

thx

[Tesseract]

most probably more than one

[Martin]

Which brand of piano does Beethoven use??

 

that is a strange question. he died in 1827. here is a short biography:

 

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html

 

Beethoven was a piano virtuoso who made his living by giving piano concerts, as a young man, and by playing in rich people's houses.

 

he probably own his own piano and sometimes would have it moved to where he was going to give a concert-----sometimes.

 

but other times he almost certainly must "use" whatever piano was

at the house or at the concert hall where he was going to play a job.

 

maybe someone knows who was Beethoven favorite piano maker

at various times of his life

 

he was born 1770 and made public concert debut in 1795.

before that he was playing in peoples houses

I think he must have played any brand of piano where people would

pay him money to play.

He was good, but it is never easy to make a living as a musician.

[Ophiolite]

The piano was going through major developments during Beethoven' lifetime. The early pianos were very tinny compared with the richness of the modern piano. It is likely that he tried many over this period, seeking a better quality of sound. In his later years he played a piano constructed for him by Conrad Graf in, I think, 1820. Remember that by this time he was deaf.

[Martin]

Wow! I looked it up in google

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=beethoven+piano-maker&btnG=Search

 

His last piano was made in 1823 by Conrad Graf (viennese court piano maker). So he played that piano until 1827 when he died

 

I think when he was younger he also liked a piano built by Thomas Broadwood

 

here is a history:

http://www.frugalfun.com/pianohistory.html

 

yes, this history says that he owned both a Broadwood (London built)

and a Graf (Vienna)

 

"During the fifty-seven years of his life, Beethoven played different kinds of keyboard instruments: in his youth, the clavichord, harpsichord, and organ; and as an adult, various fortepianos including those made by Stein, Böhm, Erard, Schantz, and Streicher (he was friendly with the Streicher Family). In his last decade, he had the good fortune of owning two exceptional instruments: pianos made by Broadwood of London, and by Graf of Vienna."

 

[now i see Ophiolite has already provided most of this information!]