INSTRUMENT MAKERS

This document contains a selection of instrument makers, manufacturers, inventors and designers for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

BECHSTEIN, (Friedrich Wilhelm) Carl	(b. Gotha, 1826; d. Berlin, 1900). Piano manufacturer.
BERGONZI, Carlo	(b. Cremona?, 1683; d. there, 1747). Violin maker.
BOEHM, Theobald	(b. Munich, 1784; d. there, 1881). Flutist and flute designer.
BROADWOOD, John	(b. Cockburnspath, Scotland, 1732; d. London, 1812). Piano maker.
CAVAILLÉ-COLL, Aristide	(b. Montpelier, 1811; d. Paris, 1899). Organ builder.
CHALLIS, John	(b. South Lyon, Mich., 1907; d. New York, 1974). Instrument builder.
CHICKERING, Jonas	(b. New Ipswich, N.H., 1798; d. Boston, 1853). Piano maker.
CLIQUOT, François-Henri	(b. Paris, 1732; d. there, 1790). Member of an important family of organ builders.
CRISTOFORI, Bartolomeo	(b. Padua, 1655; d. Florence, 1731). Maker of keyboard instruments.
CTESIBIUS [Ktesibios]	(fl. Alexandria, 246-221 B.C.E.). Inventor of the hydraulis, an organ whose wind supply was regulated by water pressure.
DEBAIN, Alexandre-François	(b. Paris, 1809; d. there, 1877). Instrument maker; invented the harmonium, antiphonel, and harmonicorde.
DENNER, Johann Christoph	(b. Leipzig, 1655; d. Nuremberg, 1707). Woodwind instrument maker.
DODD, John	(b. London?, 1752; d. Richmond, Surrey, 1839). Bow maker.
FENDER, (Clarence) Leo	(b. Anaheim, Calif., 1909). Electric guitar maker.
FISK, Charles Brenton	(b. Washington, D.C., 1925; d. Boston, 1983). Organ builder.
GAGLIANO.	Family of violin makers active in Naples over many generations from ca. 1700.
GASPARO DA SALÒ [Bertolotti]	(b. Salò, bapt. 1540; d. 1609). Instrument maker (viols, double basses, tenor violas).
GIBSON, Orville H.	(b. Chateaugay, N.Y., 1856; d. Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1918). Instrument maker (fretted instruments; contributed to evolution of mandolin and guitar).
GUARNERI	(Cremona, 17th and 18th centuries).Family of stringed instrument makers.
HAMPEL, Anton Joseph	(b. Prague, ca. 1710; d. Dresden, 1771). Horn player and inventor.
HOTTETERRE, Jacques(-Martin) ["Le Romain"]	(b. Paris, 1674; d. there, 1763). Woodwind player and maker, theorist, and composer.
HUBBARD, Frank (Twombly)	(b. New York, 1920; d. Newton, Mass., 1976). Harpsichord maker.
LUDWIG, William F., Sr.	(b. Nenderoth, Germany, 1879; d. Chicago, 1973). Maker of percussion instruments.
MASON, Henry	(b. Brookline, Mass., 1831; d. Boston, 1890). Instrument manufacturer.
SAX, Adolphe [Antoine Joseph]	(b. Dinant, Belgium, 1814; d. Paris, 1894). Instrument maker (including the saxophone).
SHUDI [Schudi, Tschudi, Tshudi], Burkat [Burkhardt]	(b. Schwanden, canton of Glarus, 1702; d. London, 1773). Harpsichord maker.
STEINWAY, Henry E. [Steinweg, Heinrich Engelhardt]	(b. Wolfshagen, Germany, 1797; d. New York, 1871). Piano maker.
STRADIVARI, Antonio	(b. Cremona?, 1644; d. there?, 1737). Instrument maker (violins, cellos, and others).
WURLITZER, Franz Rudolph	(b. Schöneck, Saxony, 1831; d. Cincinnati, 1914). Instrument maker.
ZILDJIAN.	Family of cymbal makers (Avedis Zildjian Co. of Norwell, Mass., and K. Zildjian of Istanbul).