Along with Hans Duncker, he carried out breeding experiments on canaries.
[2] Reich was a businessman in Bremen and ran a hardware store.
[3] Along with Karl Gustav Hartwig and Carl Röben, he was a founding member of the "Gesellschaft zum Schutze der heimischen Vögel" (lit.
[3] Reich made young canaries listen to and learn nightingale songs.
For the first time in the history of the Talking Machine industry, a genuine record has been obtained of a bird.