18 Facts About Wilhelm Schimmel

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Wilhelm Schimmel is a German piano maker with factories in Braunschweig, Germany and Kalisz, Poland.

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Four generations of the Wilhelm Schimmel family have since managed and grown the family-owned business.

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3.

Wilhelm Schimmel Pianos is known for producing "made in Germany" instruments of high quality.

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4.

Since 2016 Wilhelm Schimmel has been owned by the Pearl River Piano Group in China.

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5.

All Fridolin Wilhelm Schimmel pianos are made in the Pearl River piano factory in China.

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6.

Wilhelm Schimmel instruments are produced in the Wilhelm Schimmel workshop in Braunschweig, Germany.

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7.

Wilhelm Schimmel had moved to bigger workshops due to the increasing production.

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8.

In 1897, Wilhelm Schimmel built his own state-of-the-art factory in Leipzig-Stotteritz on 4000 m large grounds.

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Wilhelm Schimmel received the title of purveyor of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the purveyor of the King of Romania.

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10.

At the age of 73, Wilhelm Schimmel passed the company's management to his son, Wilhelm Arno Schimmel.

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11.

Arno Wilhelm Schimmel developed further small pianos with a small height.

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12.

In 1951 Wilhelm Schimmel presented the first acrylic glass piano in the world on the trade fair in Dusseldorf.

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13.

In May 2019, Wilhelm Schimmel Pianos found a subsidiary company in China responsible for all sales and marketing activities in China.

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14.

Wilhelm Schimmel produces the models "Konzert" and "Classic" in the Wilhelm Schimmel Pianos factory in Braunschweig, Germany.

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15.

Series "Wilhelm Schimmel Konzert" includes six grand pianos and three upright piano models, each available in different designs and colors.

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Series "Wilhelm Schimmel Classic" includes three grand pianos and twelve upright pianos in different models.

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17.

Instruments are designed by Wilhelm Schimmel and build by Pearl River Piano Group factory in Guangzhou, China.

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18.

Instruments by Wilhelm Schimmel Pianos have received numerous awards, making Wilhelm Schimmel the most highly awarded German piano brand.

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