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In 1843, he patented a piano equipped with sympathetic strings sounding an octave above, an idea that would eventually lead to [[Blüthner]]'s 1873 aliquot scaling patent for grand pianos and at the [[French Industrial Exposition of 1844|Paris Exposition]] the following year, where he presented another piano with a "pedal tone" which preceded the "sostenuto mechanism" that [[Steinway]] re-introduced in 1874.<ref name=Pianoren>{{cite web|last=Ryberg|first=J. Stanley|title=The 19th Century Piano—Coming and Going|url=http://www.pianoren.com/newsletters/|publisher=Pianoren|accessdate=15 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> He succeeded his father [[Jean-Louis Boisselot]] in the manufacture of pianos in 1847,<ref name=Clinkscale>{{cite book|last=Clinkscale|first=Martha Novak|title=Makers of the Piano: 1820–1860|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0198166257|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/?id=iqK3FPhQm5gC&pg=PA38&dq=xavier+boisselot#v=onepage&q=xavier%20boisselot&f=false}}</ref> a business continued by successive generations of his family until the late nineteenth century. |
In 1843, he patented a piano equipped with sympathetic strings sounding an octave above, an idea that would eventually lead to [[Blüthner]]'s 1873 aliquot scaling patent for grand pianos and at the [[French Industrial Exposition of 1844|Paris Exposition]] the following year, where he presented another piano with a "pedal tone" which preceded the "sostenuto mechanism" that [[Steinway]] re-introduced in 1874.<ref name=Pianoren>{{cite web|last=Ryberg|first=J. Stanley|title=The 19th Century Piano—Coming and Going|url=http://www.pianoren.com/newsletters/|publisher=Pianoren|accessdate=15 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> He succeeded his father [[Jean-Louis Boisselot]] in the manufacture of pianos in 1847,<ref name=Clinkscale>{{cite book|last=Clinkscale|first=Martha Novak|title=Makers of the Piano: 1820–1860|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0198166257|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/?id=iqK3FPhQm5gC&pg=PA38&dq=xavier+boisselot#v=onepage&q=xavier%20boisselot&f=false}}</ref> a business continued by successive generations of his family until the late nineteenth century. |
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[[Paul McNulty (piano maker)|Paul McNulty]] was chosen by [[Klassik Stiftung Weimar]] to make a copy of [[Franz Liszt | Liszt’s]] personal Boisselot 1846 piano. |
[[Paul McNulty (piano maker)|Paul McNulty]] was chosen by [[Klassik Stiftung Weimar]] to make a copy of [[Franz Liszt | Liszt’s]] personal Boisselot 1846 piano. |
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Louis-Constantin Boisselot (11 March 1809 – 5 June 1850 in Marseille) was a French piano manufacturer and the great artisan of the creation of the house of Boisselot in Marseille.
Boisselot was born in Montpellier. He married Fortunée Funaro (1816–?), the daughter of a merchant at Marseille, on 25 November 1835. They had a son, Marie-Louis-François Boisselot (1845–1902), known simply as Franz, because he had as godfather Franz Liszt (1811–1886), a long-time friend of the family.[1]
In 1843, he patented a piano equipped with sympathetic strings sounding an octave above, an idea that would eventually lead to Blüthner's 1873 aliquot scaling patent for grand pianos and at the Paris Exposition the following year, where he presented another piano with a "pedal tone" which preceded the "sostenuto mechanism" that Steinway re-introduced in 1874.[2] He succeeded his father Jean-Louis Boisselot in the manufacture of pianos in 1847,[3] a business continued by successive generations of his family until the late nineteenth century.
Paul McNulty was chosen by Klassik Stiftung Weimar to make a copy of Liszt’s personal Boisselot 1846 piano.
See also
References
- ^ Archives Musique, Facteurs, Marchands, Luthiers. "Le Boisselots". Archives Musiques. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ryberg, J. Stanley. "The 19th Century Piano—Coming and Going" (in French). Pianoren. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Clinkscale, Martha Novak (1999). Makers of the Piano: 1820–1860. Oxford University Press. p. 38. ISBN 0198166257.
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