What is Fryderyk Buchholtz?
[[File:Fryderyk Buchholtz.jpg|thumb|Fryderyk Buchholtz]] '''Fryderyk Buchholtz''' (16 May 1792 Olsztynek (Hohenstein, [[Prussia]]) – 15 May 1837 [[Warsaw]]) was a Polish piano and organ maker. == Life == After he finished studying piano making in [[Vienna]] in 1815, Buchholtz came back to Warsaw and founded a piano factory at 1352 Mazowiecka street.<ref>Martha Novak Clinkscale. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iqK3FPhQm5gC&q=buchholtz Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860]. Oxford University Press, 1993. p.64 </ref> One of his pianos was owned by [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin's]] family. The composer was also a frequent guest of Bucholtz's home art salon and a factory store.<ref>Vogel, “Fortepiany i idiofony klawiszowe w Królestwie Polskim w latach młodości Chopina,” 64.</ref> Buchholtz died in 1837, but his wife and later their son Julian continued with the business. Only a small number of pianos made by Buchholtz factory survived until XXI century. In 2017 there was made a replica of a Buchholtz piano,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exploring the sound world of Chopin on period pianos|url=https://bachtrack.com/interview-chopin-competition-period-instruments-stanislaw-leszczynski-april-2018|access-date=2021-07-14|website=bachtrack.com|language=en}}</ref> which was later used in the first International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chopin's Pianos|url=https://teatrwielki.pl/en/activity/opera-gallery/exhibitions-of-201718/chopins-pianos/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413201348/https://teatrwielki.pl/en/activity/opera-gallery/exhibitions-of-201718/chopins-pianos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://greatcomposers.nifc.pl/en/chopin/catalogs/places/175_buchholtz%E2%80%99s-instrument-store The Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Buchholtz’s instrument store] * [http://www.fortepian.instrumenty.edu.pl/en/pianos-/categories/manufacturer/82/catego