József Schunda (1818–1893) and Vencel József Schunda (19 May 1845 – 26 January 1923) were uncle and nephew and
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
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-born
Hungarian musical instrument makers.
József Schunda started a workshop in
Pest in 1848, and his brother joined him as an apprentice in 1856, advancing to become a partner, and later the owner of the factory. The workshop produced the first pedaled Hungarian concert
cimbalom in 1874 and also redesigned a modern
tárogató, a
clarinet
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-like instrument specific to Hungary. The workshop was closed in World War II.
External links
Hungarian Museum of Music History, Schunda Pedal-cimbalom
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Schunda, Jozsef