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Born October 1732 • Scotland
Died 1812 (aged 79) • London • England
Sébastien Érard
French musical instrument maker
Gottfried Silbermann
German instrument manufacturer
Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection
Arnold Dolmetsch
British musician
Jacob Kirkman
British harpsichord maker
François-Étienne Blanchet
French harpsichord maker
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Ignace Joseph Pleyel, watercolour by an unknown artist
Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Austrian-French composer
A pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italian harpsichord maker
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, drawing by P. Gulle, 1783; in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
German composer
Johann Andreas Stein
German piano craftsman
Steinway, Henry Engelhard
Henry Engelhard Steinway
American piano maker
Johann Christoph Zumpe
German-born piano maker
Ignaz Bösendorfer
Austrian piano craftsman
Henri Herz
Austrian musician
Louis-Joseph Diémer
French pianist
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Elton John
Elton John
British musician
James Murdoch
James Murdoch
British businessman
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer