| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | 1855 |
| Founder | Glandt Schirmer |
| Headquarters | Rietzer Berg 32, , Germany |
| Products | Grand pianos and upright pianos |
| Website | schirmerpiano |
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Schirmer & Son is a piano manufacturer in Kloster Lehnin, Germany. [1]
The oldest SCHIRMER & SON traces its origins back to 1855 by Glandt Schirmer and his son Teodor Betting. In 1887, Teodor Betting [1] set up his own factory in Kalisz and began manufacturing pianos and reed organs. [2]
In 1997 four vertical piano models and three grands were imported into the United States, [3] upright pianos from 42" console to a 50" upright. the pianos use solid spruce soundboards, quarter-swan beech bridges, [4] 17-ply beech pin blocks, laminated spruce back posts, and Renner action. [1]
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