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Albert & Weber
Weber

Albert Weber, founder of the Weber Piano, was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1828. He was early recognized as a genius musician. At the age of sixteen, he attained a notable place among the musicians of this country. His passion for music grew hotter and hotter.

Young Weber felt keenly the limitations placed upon his art by inadequacy of exciting instruments. This made him decide to leave for New York in 1844 to find a turning point in his life as a musician.

In New York, he saw the possibilities of a great career in the building of really fine musical instruments. To learn the technique of a great career in the building of really fine musical instruments. To learn the technique of construction, he entered the service of Holden, a master piano builder of that day, and later he was associated with Van Winkle, another celebrated piano maker.

As a result of pouring laborious efforts, Weber opened his piano shop in New York in 1852, when he was twenty-four years olds. It was a plant, but it marked the beginning of the world famous piano.

He built into his piano what he was always proud to call “Weber tone.” A lot of world famous musicians, including opera singers, came to love it. That way, the name Albert Weber now symbolizes the first-rate craftsmanship in making a piano.

It is not an exaggeration to say that making pianos with heavenly tones was his reason for existence. He went so far as to refuse to use parts that were not of the highest possible quality in his piano. Everything ranging from employing a technician to selecting raw materials had to meet rigorous standards – all for purpose of improving the sound and quality of his piano. As a result, his craftsmanship of making a piano came to regarded as “art.”

On June 25, 1879, Weber died of overfatigue at a young age of fifty. Even after his death, the Weber Piano has secured its position as a product differentiated from others with its continued technological innovations and great craftsmanship.

 

 

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