Fuchs
piano wire manufacturer
Biography
Fuchs of Nuremberg is described as perhaps the first person to make the manufacturing of piano wire a specialty business, supplying clavichord and harpsichord makers during the 18th century, at a time when iron wire for musical instruments had already been drawn at Augsburg as early as 1351. No further biographical detail is given about Fuchs beyond this role as an early specialist wire maker.
Highlights
- Perhaps the first to make piano wire manufacturing a specialty, supplying clavichord and harpsichord makers of Nuremberg in the 18th century
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911).
Public domain.