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Piano (piano construction): The German piano builder J. A. Stein 
invented a fundamentally new piano mechanism, which was in use as 
"Viennese action" for a long time in Austria and Germany and made the 
piano a solo instrument. His daughter Nanette, who was married to J. 
A.  Streicher, a friend of Schiller's, moved the factory from Augsburg 
to Vienna, which quickly developed into a centre of piano making. By 
1823 there were already 92 piano makers, by 1845 their number had 
increased to 107. Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Frederic 
Chopin, Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann all played grand pianos from 
Graff in Vienna, and the Vienna trademarks of Schweighofer, Doerr and 
Streicher were also highly esteemed. From 1828 onwards the 
Boesendorfer grand pianos (Ignaz and Ludwig  Boesendorfer) gained the 
worldwide reputation which continues today, and the trademark of 
Ehrbar (Friedrich  Ehrbar) became sought after. Nowadays there are 
only a few piano makers and piano factories left in Austria.


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