Heinrich Christian Eisenbrandt (H. C. Eisenbrandt) was a German-born manufacturer of brass and woodwind instruments. He was born in Göttingen, Germany, and moved to Philadelphia in 1811, followed by Baltimore in 1819. His factory produced clarinets, fifes, drums, basset-horns, bassoons, oboes, flutes, flageolets and brass instruments. He was praised for technical innovations in the valves of the saxhorn, and owned two patents used for brass instruments. He also invented a method of drilling fife bores that allowed him to underbid his competition, and he may have been the first woodwind maker to use rosewood.[1][2]
Heinrich Christian Eisenbrandt | |
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| Born | 1790 Göttingen, Germany |
| Died | 1860 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation(s) | Manufacturer of brass and woodwind instruments |
Eisenbrandt died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1860.[3] His son, H.W.R. Eisenbrandt, subsequently continued the family business, which lasted until 1949.
References
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- ^ Eliason, Robert E. "Eisenbrandt, H(einrich) C(hristian)". The New Grove Encyclopedia of Music, Volume 8: Egypt to Flor. p. 36.
- ^ Parker, Andrew. "Eisenbrandt Fife," in "Primary Source of the Month." Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg, August 2012.