Juliusz Betting

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Juliusz Betting (born June 21, 1866 in Wroclaw, died November 17, 1935 in Leszno) is a Polish musical instrument builder, owner of the Teodor Betting Piano and Piano Factory in Kalisz. Curriculum vitae

He was the son of Teodor, the maker of the piano, and Matilda of Buhle's house. He studied at the Kalisz high school, and from 1891 he practiced with his father in Kalisz and Bechstein in Berlin. His father's factory took over in 1902. The instruments he produced won prizes and diplomas at European exhibitions (Paris 1905, Antwerp 1906). The factory was destroyed during the First World War.

Betting resumed operations in 1921 in Leszno. He brought in specialists from Kalisz, modernized the production line, acquired patents. Introduced a small piano room. He founded factory stores in Częstochowa, Poznan and Vilnius, and exported instruments to Germany, Russia, Lithuania and Latvia. By 1939 the company produced about 18,000 pianos, and in 1930 won a gold medal at an international exhibition in Brussels.

He belonged to the Society of Friends of the 17th Lancers Regiment of Greater Poland. Boleslaw the Brave in Leszno. In 1931 he transferred the factory to his son Teodor (born 1897). He died on November 17, 1936 in Leszno, was buried in a local cemetery on Kąkolewska Street. He had been married to Alice Kretschker since 1896, but his daughter Teodora had a daughter Jadwiga. Bibliography

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