Linden

Biography

Linden was a German practical piano-maker with prior experience in New York shops, including work as a key maker for Dubois, Bacon & Chambers. In 1840 he partnered with Fritz, a fellow German craftsman, to found Linden & Fritz, beginning business at 115 Walker Street before moving toward 1846 to Broadway near Broome Street, into premises vacated by the cabinet-maker Roux. The firm produced very good instruments in its time but, like several small contemporaries, left the trade after 1857 without leaving much further record.

Highlights

• German practical piano-maker who co-founded Linden & Fritz in 1840, beginning at 115 Walker Street and later moving to Broadway near Broome Street
• Formerly worked as a key maker in the shop of Dubois, Bacon & Chambers
• The firm made very good instruments and remained in business until disappearing after 1857

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 189.

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