---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 19-mei-04, at 17:10, Quentin Codevelle wrote: > =A0 > =A0 > Hi all, > > sorry, but (this might be a shameful question to ask) who is exactly=20= > Alfred Dodge? > Never heard of this man before. > > Quentin > Hello Quentin, Alfred Dolge was a great piano technician who wrote a book with the=20 title : Pianos and their makers (Dover 0-486-22856-8). On the back of the book we read : The late Alfred Dolge was one of the most remarkable figures in the=20 history of the piano. First trained in the German piano industry of the=20= 1860's, he continued to work and study under the great Mathusek upon=20 coming to the United States. He went into business for himself,=20 manufacturing hammers and other components (eventually founding the=20 piano town of Dolgeville, N.Y.), and achieved an international=20 reputation as a manufacturer, designer, and inventot of piano-making=20 machinery. In adfdition to being one of the top technicians in the=20 world, he had a unique circle of business and personal acquaintance,=20 with everyone of importance in pianos in both Europe and America, on a=20= level which no outsider could ever attain. All this accumulated in=20 Pianos and Their Makers (1911) friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1738 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e2/77/b3/66/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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