Berdux

The company was Berdux 1871 by Valentin Berdux in Munich founded.  The factory set forth instruments as well as the accompanying piano tuners and is still one of the manufacturers with the most patents in the field of piano action. This mainly go back to Valentin Berdux from which it is said that he developed tirelessly piano technical improvement ideas. Therefore, many Berdux instruments were characterized by technical innovations and features. There were about wings with a double soundboard or particularly compact pianos, their sub-action mechanism was clearly maintainable by a sophisticated design than usual this type.

The piano factory in Munich Laim

Since 1898, the piano factory Berdux was in Munich Laim (Landsberger Straße 336). On March 16, 1922 was a sole proprietorship "Valentine Berdux Pianofortefabrik" ("V. Berdux" for short) in the "Berdux Aktiengesellschaft converted ". The company showed a sign of the company bears and the initials "VB". In 1928 the company was founded in 1912 the owner of the Munich Piano Piano-long business was taken over by Karl Lang. The headquarters of piano Lang was then moved to the location of the Berdux factory in Landsberger Strasse. In 1949, production in Munich was discontinued after a fire. The building still housed after the "Piano Haus Karl Lang". This was the American piano maker in 2000 Steinway accepted and has been operating since 2001 as a "Steinway-Haus in Munich".

Numbers and names

Overall made in the period 1871-1971 26,500 Berdux Pianos & Wing, including about 21,800 in Munich, about 4,000 in Langlau and about 700 in Aalen. On the instruments can be found depending on the model and year of production including the lettering "Berdux", "V. Berdux", "Berdux MUNICH" and "V. Berdux MUNICH", the latter two variants are also found in the period after 1952, when production no longer took place in Munich.