Feurich

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Feurich was founded in 1851 in Leipzig by Julius Gustav Feurich and has been family operated for five generations becoming renown for the quality of its pianos.

[edit] History

Artisanal piano making is a great tradition in Saxony. The city of Leipzig was with Paris, London, and Vienna one of the pillars of European musical culture and music capital of the German Empire.

In addition to the great cultural heritage, the city of Leipzig was also an excellent trading venue with a lot of national contacts and a prosperous middle class. Here Julius Gustav Feurich founded the piano factory Feurich in 1851.

By 1860 more than 400 instruments were manufactured and sold. Julius Feurich worked to expand his business and in the following years a larger and more modern factory was built allowing for ever greater quantities to be produced. By the turn of the century nearly 14,000 uprights and grand pianos were manufactured.