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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Duplessix

fl. 1786 · French

musician pianoforte instructor

Biography

Duplessix was a French musician who, together with Mechtler, is recorded as an instructor of the pianoforte in New York in 1786. Spillane cites the pair, along with many other teachers active at the time, as evidence that pianofortes had become increasingly common in the city in the years following 1783.

Highlights

  • A French musician who, with Mechtler, appears as a pianoforte instructor in New York in 1786.

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 99.

Public domain.

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