Sébastien Érard (French: [sebastjɛ̃ eʁaʁ]; 5 April 1752 – 5 August 1831) was a French instrument maker who specialised in the production of pianos and...

Erard may refer to: St. Erard or Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century Erard I, Count of Brienne (1060 - 1114) Sébastien Érard...

or sebastos, meaning "venerable." Notable people named Sébastien or Sebastien include: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a Marshal of France...

She owned several instruments. In 1788 she bought a piano made by Sébastien Érard. A catalog of Marie Antoinette's personal library of 736 volumes was...

April 4 – Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, composer (died 1837) April 5 – Sébastien Érard, piano-maker (died 1831) May 2 – Ludwig August Lebrun, composer (died...

purchased in 1820 by Sébastien Érard, who manufactured pianos used by Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. In 1821, Sébastien Érard invented the double escapement...

Hammerklavier sonata and Diabelli Variations. After arriving in Paris in 1823, Sébastien Érard presented Liszt with a grand piano featuring his newly patented double...

harp. The double-action pedal system was first patented in London by Sebastien Erard in 1801 (patent number 2502) and 1802 (patent number 2595). In 1807...

(formerly a claviorganum); numerous harps : the first prototypes built by Sébastien Érard, including his first single-action harp and his first double-action...

Tuning of a Sébastien Érard harp using the KORG OT-120 Wide 8 Octave Orchestral Digital Tuner...

instrument builder Sébastien Érard moved into No. 18 in 1794. He stayed there until his death in 1831, after which his nephew, Pierre Erard took ownership...

pianos used by Frédéric Chopin, and the Érard firm manufactured those used by Franz Liszt. In 1821, Sébastien Érard invented the double escapement action...

Grand piano by Sébastien Érard, c. 1840...

Auguste Bartholdi, born in Colmar in 1834 Théodore Deck Gustave Doré Sébastien Érard Jean-Jacques Henner Philip James de Loutherbourg Master of the Drapery...

Jacques Defermon des Chapelières, French politician (b. 1752) August 5 – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (b. 1752) August 24 – August von...

McCallum records on a number of period pianos by Anton Walter and Sébastien Érard. Her solo CDs include: Alkan, Concerto for Solo Piano (from Op. 39)...

V. In 1811, Spontini married Celeste Érard, the niece of the Parisian maker of pianos and harps Sébastien Érard; it was a happy marriage, though childless...

Tuning of Sébastien Érard harp using Korg OT-120 Wide 8 Octave Orchestral Digital Tuner...

these were upgraded to the "double action" pedal system patented by Sébastien Erard. The addition of pedals broadened the harp's abilities, allowing its...

1755) July 25 – Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer (b. 1789) August 5 – Sébastien Érard, maker of pianos and harps (b. 1752) September 8 – John Aitken, music...

Amati; French and Flemish harpsichords; pianos by French piano-makers Sébastien Érard and Ignaz Pleyel; saxophones by Adolphe Sax, etc. and many are also...

1790s, Ronssecy taught in London. She bought Sébastien Érard harp #333, as well as several other Érard harps, probably acting as an agent for her students...

acquaintance of Sébastien Érard in London, he became closely associated with the Érard brothers' piano-making activities, signing an Érard grand piano of...

(d. 1837) Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, Swiss artist (d. 1809) April 5 – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (d. 1831) April 6 – Meno Haas...

and novelist, originator of Sturm und Drang (born 1752) 5 August – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (b. 1752) 24 August – August von...

was then living by teaching and performing. Franz was a friend of Sébastien Érard and a correspondent of Beethoven's, in the circle of François-Antoine...

around 1700 Fortepiano by Ludwig van Beethoven, built in 1803 by Sébastien Érard Frères, Paris Johann Baptist Reiter: Die Emanzipierte. Portrait of...

missionary and botanist Johann von Türckheim (1749–1824), diplomat Sébastien Érard (1752–1837), instrument maker Philippe-André Grandidier (1752–1787)...

Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician (d. 1809) 1752 – Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831) 1761 – Sybil Ludington, American...

instruments and many books on music. From 1788 she owned a piano made by Sébastien Érard. L'Amant Anonyme is Saint-Georges's sole opera to be found intact,...