Heinrich Stölzel

Heinrich David Stölzel was a German horn player who developed some of the first valves for brass instruments. He developed the first valve for a brass musical instrument, the Stölzel valve, in 1818, and went on to develop various other designs, some jointly with other inventor musicians. ^{Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)}

7 September 1777

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