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| REFERENCES A particularly close and fruitful collaboration has developed with a number of important institutions in recent years: |
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| The Society of Friends of Music in Vienna whose collection of historical pianos we have partially restored and which we look after, especially for the concert series "Nun klingen sie wieder". www.musikverein.at |
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| The Technical Museum in Vienna has had several instruments restored or conserved in our studio. www.tmw.at |
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| Vienna Academy under Martin Haselböck which uses almost exclusively our pianos for their performances in Vienna. Special mention should be made of the concerts at the Musikverein and the RESOUND BEETHOVEN series. www.wienerakademie.at |
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| The University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna has so far purchased three historical instruments from us and had an important Bösendorfer grand piano by Egon Wellesz restored by us. The acquired pianos are: A fortepiano by Franz Bayer, a fortepiano by J. B. Streicher, and a concert grand by Friedrich Ehrbar. www.mdw.ac.at Das exil.arte Zentrum der mdw: www.exilarte.at |
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| The Brahms Museum in Mürzzuschlag all of whose instruments, including the famous string grand piano of the Fellinger family played by Brahms, have been restored by us. These instruments are regularly used in the museum concerts. www.brahmsmuseum.at |
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| Collection Prof. Ulrich Beetz (Now in Münster!) All of the instruments in this important collection, which is housed in the Münster Conservatory, have passed through our hands. The most recent highlight is a fortepiano by Conrad Graf from ca. 1827 www.uni-muenster.de --> Sammlung Beetz |
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| The Music and Art Private University has acquired a fortepiano by Ignaz Bösendorfer from us www.muk.ac.at |
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| The foundation Klassik in Weimar has had a very early concert grand piano by Julius Blüthner (serial number 106) as well as a Thuringian fortepiano from about 1840 (without name plate) restored by us. www.klassik-stiftung.de |
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| The Music Academy Gheorge Dima in Cluj-Napoca has purchased a fortepiano by Adalbert Stabernak from us. www.amgd.ro |
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| The Dkfm Angelika Prokopp-Stiftung has purchased a fortepiano by Johann Pottje from us. www.prokopp-privatstiftung.at |
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| The Beethovenhaus Baden has restored a fortepiano by Conrad Graf, on which Beethoven occasionally played during his spa stays in Baden. www.beethovenhaus-baden.at |
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KOMPONISTEN-KLAVIERE we have restored |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven Fortepiano by Conrad Graf, 1818 Beethoven played on this grand piano occasionally during his spa stays in Baden near Vienna www.beethovenhaus-baden.at |
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| Carl Czerny Fortepiano by Ignaz Bösendorfer, 1834 From the possession of Czerny, now in the archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna www.a-wgm.at |
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| Franz Liszt Concert grand piano (model "H") by Erard, Paris 1850 Liszt played a concert on this grand piano in Liège in 1861 www.lisztverein.at |
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| Richard Wagner Table piano by Franz Rausch, around 1825 Wagner received his decisive music lessons on this instrument from the Thomaskantor Christian Theodor Weinlig www.eisenach.info/kunst-und-kultur/museen |
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| Anton Bruckner Fortepiano by Ignaz Bösendorfer, 1848 Bruckner's personal and lifelong used instrument, now in the monastery St. Florian www.stift-st-florian.at/musik/anton-bruckner |
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| Johannes Brahms Fortepiano by Wilhelm Bachmann, ca. 1850 Brahms occasionally played this instrument during his summer stays in Mürzzuschlag in 1884 and 1885 Grand piano by Johann Baptist Streicher and son, 1880 This instrument belonged to the family of Dr. Richard Fellinger, with whom Brahms was a close friend. He not only played almost all of his late chamber music works on it in private previews, but also the legendary roller recording in 1889. Both instruments are in the Brahms Museum in Mürzzuschlag www.brahmsmuseum.at |
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| Ignaz Brüll Concert grand piano by Schiedmayer and Sons, 1873 Private property |
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| Wilhelm Kienzl Salon grand piano of the Wiener Produktivgenossenschaft, ca. 1880 museen.de/wilhelm-kienzl-museum-paudorf |
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| Leoš Janáček Grand piano by Friedrich Ehrbar, 1880 Janáček was given this instrument as a gift for his wedding to Zdeňka Schulzová in 1881 and used it throughout his life. The grand piano is located in the so-called Janáček Memorial, the residence of Leoš Janáček, which today belongs to the Moravian National Museum. www.leosjanacek.eu/en/memorial-house |
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| Franz Lehar Grand salon piano by Friedrich Ehrbar, 1905, with a small card in brass frame with Lehar's handwriting On this grand piano I composed “The Merry Widow”. Private property Stutz grand piano by Franz Stahl, Vienna around 1890. This instrument has always stood in the so-called Schikaneder-Schlössel in Heiligenstadt and belonged to Lehar's brother Anton. It was also played by Franz time and again. Private property |
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| Egon Wellesz Semi-concert grand piano by Ludwig Bösendorfer, 1909 This grand piano was also a wedding gift for his marriage to Emmy Stross. It is in the exilarte Institute at the University of Music in Vienna. exilarte.org/daueraustellungen |
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| STATEMENTS | |
| DECLARATION I hereby gladly declare and confirm that Mr. Gert Hecher, master piano builder, has been known to me for years as a conscientious restorer of historical piano instruments. I follow his work achievements continuously. He has worked on the restoration of instruments from our collections and is currently in charge of the restoration of a table piano by Johann Schanz (1762?- 1828). Furthermore, Mr. Gert Hecher takes care of the tuning and maintenance of the playable historical piano instruments in our collection. I appreciate in Mr. Gert Hecher his craftsmanship, his correct scientific handling of questions arising in connection with restorations, and his combination of this with sensitive musicality; it is certainly an advantage that cannot be overestimated that he is also a trained pianist and has specialized in playing on historical instruments. Very important for me as a client is also the absolute reliability of Mr. Gert Hecher in agreed procedures of restoration as well as in scheduling matters. Prof Dr. Otto Biba Director of the Archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Vienna |
 Statement, Society of the Friends of Music Vienna, Prof Dr. Otto Biba (PDF) |
| RECOMMENDATION Our Brahms Museum houses three historic grand pianos, two of which are known to have been played by Johannes Brahms. All three instruments have been restored by Mag. Gert Hecher to our complete satisfaction. The first, a grand piano by Wilhelm Bachmann, which was played by Brahms in Mürzzuschlag, could only be transformed into a melodious, technically perfect instrument again by the work of Mr. Hecher after a not exactly successful restoration by a Viennese piano maker. The historic Steinway enjoys great popularity, especially among the pianists who perform here. The highlight of Mag. Hecher's work for our house is undoubtedly the restoration of a string grand piano from 1880, on which Brahms played for years with the Viennese Fellinger family and on which he made his only recording. We appreciate Mr. Hecher as an extremely conscientious and artistic restorer, who is also happy to share his knowledge and occasionally help with valuable advice. The fact that he is also a pianist, with a focus on historical pianos, enables him more than others to deal with the tonal and mechanical problems of these instruments and to solve them satisfactorily. Ronald Fuchs Secretary General of the Austrian J. Brahms Society |
 Recommendation Austrian Johannes Brahms Society, Brahms Museum Mürzzuschlag, Ronald Fuchs |
| Letter of recommendation for Mag. Gert Hecher Gert Hecher has been known to the undersigned for many years as a pianist, collector and restorer. He helped her to purchase a historical piano by Johann Baptist Streicher and Son and restored it to her complete satisfaction. He also completely overhauled a Bösendorfer grand piano in her possession and restored it to perfection. As a restorer, Gert Hecher has a special flair and talent for reviving the original sound of historic pianos due to his pianistic skills. His restorations have already received international recognition. Dr. Walburga Litschauer President of the Austrian Society for Music |
  Letter of recommendation Austrian Society for Music, Dr. Walburga Litschauer |
| Gert Hecher has overhauled two historic pianos from the family estate (Heitzmann, around 1900, and Gössl, 1926) to my complete satisfaction. Both pianos have regained their individual sound character and keep their tuning for an exceptionally long time. My joy of making music has increased greatly after this excellent restoration of the instruments. Dr. Manfred Vogel Hofrat des Obersten Gerichtshofes, Wien |
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| PUBLICATIONS | |
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