Schwander
French
action maker
founder
Biography
Schwander is named among the early piano action makers of Europe, starting business in 1844, immediately after Charles Gehrling of Paris. Given the surrounding context of French and German firms of this era, Schwander's firm is implied to be among the pioneering Paris action makers of the period. No further biographical detail is provided in this text beyond the founding date.
Highlights
- Founded a piano action-making business (following Charles Gehrling of Paris) in 1844
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 127.
Public domain.