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| {{short description|German-American piano tuner (1927–2022)}} | |||
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| {{Infobox person | |||
| | name = Franz Mohr | |||
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|09|17}} | |||
| | birth_place = ], Germany | |||
| | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|28|1927|09|17}} | |||
| | death_place = ], US | |||
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| '''Franz Mohr''' (September 17, 1927 – March 28, 2022) was a German-born American ]. As chief technician of ] from 1968 to 1992, Mohr tuned pianos for numerous leading concert pianists. | |||
| ==Life and career== | |||
| Franz Mohr was born in ], Germany on September 17, 1927.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=April 14, 2022 |title=Franz Mohr, Piano Tuner to the Stars, Is Dead at 94 |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/arts/music/franz-mohr-dead.html |access-date=December 30, 2024 }}</ref> The second of three sons, Mohr's family enjoyed music; '']'' remarks that "], ], and ] were as familiar as ] and potatoes".<ref name="CT">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Peter K. |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Died: Franz Mohr, Master Piano Tuner and Evangelist |work=] |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/05/franz-mohr-steinway-piano-tuner-concert-evangelist/ |access-date=December 30, 2024 }}</ref> His father—Jakob Mohr, a postal worker—was an amatuer musician who sung and played the ], ], and ].<ref name="CT"/> His mother—Christina (] Stork) Mohr—and the elder Mohr moved the family to the town of ] in Franz's early years.<ref name="NYT"/> | |||
| In his youth, Franz Mohr attended the ] in ] and the ] in ];<ref name="Interlude">{{cite news |last=Predota |first=Georg |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Fine-Tuning Vladimir Horowitz: Franz Mohr |website=Interlude.hk |url=https://interlude.hk/fine-tuning-vladimir-horowitz-franz-mohr/ |access-date=December 30, 2024 }}</ref> at the former, he survived a ], which damaged the university's organ.<ref name="Economist">{{cite news |date=May 7, 2022 |title=Franz Mohr was the man who made great concerts possible |work=] |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/05/07/franz-mohr-was-the-man-who-made-great-concerts-possible |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505182050/https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/05/07/franz-mohr-was-the-man-who-made-great-concerts-possible |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> His intial music interest was in playing ] and ], while he also played both guitar and ] in German dance bands.<ref name="NYT"/> While playing ] in dance bands, he met Elisabeth Zillikens, whom he married in 1954; together, they had two sons, Michael and Peter, and a daughter, Ellen.<ref name="NYT"/> Issues with ] in his left hand compromised Mohr's goals as a violin soloist, so he abandonded the instrument.<ref name="Economist"/> | |||
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| Mohr was chief technician of ] from 1968 to 1992.<ref name="NYT"/> | |||
| Throughout his career, he tuned the pianos of concert pianists such as ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="CT"/> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * on ] Classical 97, Chicago, May 1992 | |||
| * on the ] | |||
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