Clementi
virtuoso
piano manufacturer/investor
Biography
Clementi is named among a group of virtuosos—including Cramer, Kalkbrenner, Pleyel and Herz—who took such intense interest in the development of the piano that they invested money earned on the concert platform into piano factories. According to the text, these performer-entrepreneurs took an active part in the construction of instruments, trying to build pianos such as they themselves desired for their art.
Highlights
- Named among a group of virtuosos who invested concert earnings into piano factories and took an active part in constructing instruments to suit their own artistic desires.
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 398.
Public domain.