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August Grenser (1720-1807)
Karl August Grenser founded a woodwind making workshop
in Dresden in 1744 that, under his leadership and that
of his nephew Johann Henrich Grenser (1764-1813), became
one of Europe's most famous. Grenser learned his trade
in Leipzig, and then moved to Saxony's capital city
of Dresden to set up his shop, which obtained a royal
appointment in 1753. By his retirement over 40 years
later his workshop employed four men.
Grenser's flutes were smaller-toned and slimmer than
true baroque models, and tuned to favor sharp keys rather
than the flat tonalities the earlier baroque
flutes had preferred. The model varied little over the
course of his life, though by the late 1780s Grenser
was making flutes with additional
keys.
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