Teodor Betting
German piano maker (1827–1892)
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Teodor Betting (1827–1892) was a German piano maker, an apprentice of Julius Blüthner, and the foundational figure behind the historical lineage of SCHIRMER & SON. In 1887, he established his own piano manufacturing company in Kalisz, which initially produced instruments under the name Th. Betting.
Biography
Betting was born in Emmerich, Rhineland, Kingdom of Prussia. His adoptive father Glandt Schirmer and his grandfather Johann Georg Schirmer were cabinetmakers and piano makers. He worked with Julius Ferdinand Blüthner in Leipzig, ED. Seiler in Liegnitz, as well as in Breslau and St. Petersburg.[1]
In 1887, he set up his own company producing upright and grand pianos, as well as reed organs. He died, aged 65, in Kalisz.[2]
