Franz Anton & Georg Philipp

Beginning in 1864 Franz Anton, an excellent technician and musician, began work for the firm at which he would be a major and enduring influence. The younger Georg Philipp spent 5 years in Saxony, Vienna and Prague learning the art of brass instrument making. The production of brass instruments took on great importance at this time.

Richard Wagner, while on the quest for his Wagner tubas, sought out Alexander in Mainz in 1862.

In 1872 Georg Philipp joined the firm alongside his brother and business boomed, stimulated largely by the manufacture of brass instruments.

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