Teodor Betting
Teodor Betting (1827–1892) was a German piano maker, an apprentice of Julius Blüthner, and the foundational figure behind the historical lineage of SCHIRMER & SON. In 1887, he established his own piano manufacturing company in Kalisz, which initially produced instruments under the name Th. Betting.
Biography
[edit]Betting was born in Emmerich, Rhineland, Kingdom of Prussia. His adoptive father Glandt Schirmer and his grandfather Johann Georg Schirmer were cabinetmakers and piano makers. He worked with Julius Ferdinand Blüthner in Leipzig, ED. Seiler in Liegnitz, as well as in Breslau and St. Petersburg.[1]
In 1887, he set up his own company producing upright and grand pianos, as well as reed organs. He died, aged 65, in Kalisz.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fine, Larry (2001). THE PIANO BOOK (Fourth ed.). Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts: Brookside Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-192914501-0.
- ↑ Vogel, Benjamin. "Piano makers - Betting, Teodor". The Polish Piano. The Institute of Music and Dance. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
External links
[edit]- SCHIRMER & SON
- Teodor Betting Profile at The Polish Piano database
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