Anton Haeckl

male
Anton Haeckl was a musical instrument builder in Vienna, who built the first physharmonica in 1818. Two of his instruments from 1825 (refs. Inv....
Sam Rizzetta

Sam Rizzetta

male, 67 years old
Sam Rizzetta (born May 23, 1942) is a hammered dulcimer player, builder, and designer originally from Chicago, and now living in Inwood, West...
Ernst David

Ernst David

male, deceased (1918)
Ernst David (1864 - ca. 1918) was a German typesetter, book printer, and musical instrument maker in the city of Bielefeld, Germany. By the time...
Michael Mietke

Michael Mietke

male, deceased (1719)
Michael Mietke I (c.1656/1671 - 1719) was a German harpsichord and harp maker, whose sons also became instrument makers. He apparently lived his...
David Rubio

David Rubio

male, deceased (2000)
David Rubio, original name David Joseph Spinks (born London, 1934 - died Cambridge on 21 October 2000), was an English maker of musical...
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg

Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg

male, deceased (1871)
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (February 17, 1797 in Wolfshagen - February 7,1871 in New York), piano manufacturer, also "Heinrich Engelhardt...
Jacob Denner

Jacob Denner

male, deceased (1735)
Jacob Denner (1685-1735) was a woodwind instrument maker of Nuremberg. He was the son of Johann Christoph Denner, improver of the chalumeau and...
William Steinway

William Steinway

male, deceased (1896)
William Steinway, also "Wilhelm Steinway", (b. March 5, 1835, d. November, 1896), son of Steinway & Sons founder Henry E. Steinway, was a...
Renatus Harris

Renatus Harris

male, deceased (1724)
Renatus Harris (c. 1652 - 1724) was a master organ maker in England in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. During the period of...

Eugène Albert

male, deceased (1890)
Eugène Albert was a Belgian woodwind instrument maker, primarily known for his clarinets, based in Brussels. His work started around 1839, and his s...