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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Dr. Walter Niemann

author essayist

Biography

Dr. Walter Niemann contributed a short essay on acoustics to the 1909 edition of the "Lehrbuch des Pianofortebaues," along with a history of the piano up to the general introduction of the iron frame. He also authored "Das Klavierbuch" (C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, Leipsic), described by Dolge as "an entertaining little book on the piano, its music, composers and virtuosos," notable for its illustrations of rare pictures of noted artists at the keyboard.

Highlights

  • Contributed an essay on acoustics and a history of the piano to the 1909 "Lehrbuch des Pianofortebaues"
  • Author of "Das Klavierbuch," an entertaining book on the piano, its music, composers and virtuosos

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 427.

Public domain.

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