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Johann Peter Fritz
was a Viennese piano maker of the XIX century.
[1]
He was building instruments for famous composers along with
Conrad Graf
,
Anton Walter
and
Johann Baptist Streicher
.
Fritz started producing pianos in
Vienna
, but moved his workshop to
Graz
after 1837.
[2]
He died in 1834 and was buried in Vienna.(5) After Fritz's death, his son Joseph continued the family business. (5) Fritz's pianos were good quality instruments and they were valued for melodiousness.
[3]
Italian composer
Giuseppe Verdi
had one of the Fritz's pianos and used it (Viennese 6 pedal piano) from 1851 to 1871. This piano is displayed in Villa Verdi in the Province of
Piacenza
in
Italy
.(3) Some of other Fritz's instruments are presented in The Museum of Musical Instruments in Milan, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
and The Finchcocks Charity for Musical Education in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
[4]