Eugene de Kleist

Baron Frederick Joseph Eugene de Kleist (18 Janairu 1853 - 1911),  wani ƙwararren mai gina organ na Jamus ne, wanda a lokacin da ya kafa North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, ya fara salon Amurka na Band Organs .

An haifi Eugene de Kleist a Düsseldorf a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 1853, ɗan Baron Ewald da matarsa Charlotte de Kleist (née Heyden) da aka haifa a Belgium . Frederick Simon Hills (1910). "Eugene de Kleist". New York state men : biographic studies and character portraits, Volume 1. Retrieved 2011-03-29. A ƙarshen karatunsa na makaranta, ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Prussian, kuma ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Franco-Prussian . Bayan ƙarshen yaƙin, ya yi horo a matsayin mai gina ganga tare da kamfanin Faransa Limonaire Frères, a garin Black Forest na Waldkirch . 

A shekara ta 1880, De Kleist ya koma Landan, Ingila, inda ya fara kasuwancinsa na gina sassan jiki. Kusan tun daga farkon kafa kamfanin, De Kleist ya gina hanyoyin sadarwa a Amurka, kuma ya yi yawo akai-akai a fadin Tekun Atlantika . Bayan da Gwamnatin Amurka ta sanar da sanya harajin shigo da kayayyaki daga 1893 ga sabbin sassan jiki, Allan Herschell ya bi shi, don shawo kansa ya fara kasuwanci a Amurka, don haka ya samar wa masana'antun kera sassan jiki na Turai masu inganci. Tim Trager (20 April 2008). "Some History on Limonaire Freres And Its Famous Band Organs". Carousel News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2008.

A shekara ta 1892, De Kleist ya soke kasuwancinsa na Landan ya koma ƙauyen North Tonawanda, New York, wanda ba a kafa shi a wancan lokacin ba, wanda Allan Herschell ke mara masa baya, don haka ya kusa da masana'antar Kamfanin Herschell Armitage. Wurin ya sami suna a matsayin kyakkyawan wuri ga waɗanda suka dogara da kasuwancin katako, da kuma sauƙin shiga duk Arewacin Amurka ta hanyar hanyoyin sufuri masu kyau. De Kleist ya kafa Masana'antar North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, kuma ya fara samar da gawawwakin da suka dace da nau'ikan tafiye-tafiye na fareground. Ganin cewa sassan ba sa ƙarƙashin harajin shigo da kaya, an gina da yawa daga cikin gawawwakinsa na farko daga sassan da aka shigo da su daga masana'antar Faransa da Jamus ta tsohon ma'aikacinsa, Limonaire Frères. [1]

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1911