Grand Schimmel Pianos

Schimmel’s Konzert instruments blend extensive experience and expertise with cutting-edge innovation. The result is an exceptional range of grand and upright pianos, “Made in Braunschweig,” designed for concert performance and ready to be put to the test. These remarkable instruments feature high-quality materials, extended maturation processes, the craftsmanship of master piano builders, and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.

What distinguishes Schimmel’s instruments is an innovative design concept developed in 2000, which has been continuously refined and patented. This concept focuses on replicating the superior attributes of their largest concert grand piano in smaller models wherever possible. For example, the large-scale string design from tone 44 to 88 is utilized across various sizes. The soundboard design mirrors that of the largest concert grand, ensuring that every model in the Konzert series delivers the same exceptional sound quality as the flagship K 280 concert grand. Additionally, the action of the K 280 has been precisely adapted to the smaller grand pianos, while the vertical piano actions have been optimized to closely match the responsiveness of grand piano actions, enabling pianists to achieve nearly the same rapid repetition speed.

Fridolin Series

The journey into the world of Schimmel begins with a commitment to quality. In 1893, Fridolin Schimmel, inspired by his brother Wilhelm, established his own piano factory in the United States. During the intellectual collaboration between the brothers, Schimmel instruments were produced in the U.S. until the 1910s, alongside production in Germany, tailored to meet the American market’s needs with a focus on being solid, robust, and affordable. This motto was revisited nearly a century later with the introduction of an independent instrument series branded as “Fridolin.”

Today, Fridolin instruments are crafted in Guangzhou, China, in one of the world’s largest and most modern piano production facilities. While the designs are based on the “Wilhelm” series, careful modifications in material selection, production processes, and construction have been made without compromising their essential characteristics. The outcome is a range of solid, robust, and affordable instruments that offer an excellent price-performance ratio—quality from the very beginning.

Wilhelm Series

Grand and upright pianos “Made in Europe” – for ambitious piano players.

In addition to the uncompromising construction of quality uprights and grand pianos, it was and is a great concern of Schimmel to enable as many piano players as possible to purchase a genuine quality instrument. Therefore, the brand “Wilhelm” was created as a reminiscence of the company founder Wilhelm Schimmel.

Quality instruments, based on the traditional Schimmel constructions, manufactured in our own European production in Kalisz | Poland at very attractive prices. Compared to the instruments of the Classic Series, the “Wilhelm” constructions have been slightly modified in detail and in the choice of materials without changing the essential characteristics of the instruments. European sound culture can be properly experienced and learned with “Wilhelm” instruments in terms of ear training, feel and musical expression from the very beginning. An instrument series that accompanies the piano player also far beyond the beginning stage.

Classic Series

Premium grand and upright pianos – the best all-around versatile line.

Our instruments must be as versatile as the demands of pianists. Whether for recording studios, schools and conservatories, concert use or in a living room – our grand and upright pianos are designed to meet the most diverse requirements in everyday life.

The designs of our Classic grand pianos and the large Classic uprights C 130 and C 126 are therefore largely based on our innovative concert models. For the smaller Classic pianos C 121 and C 116, we have deliberately chosen our traditional “small piano” construction, which Schimmel patented as early as the 1930s as an innovative construction method and has continuously developed further. The advantage of this special design is the large warm tone with a nevertheless smaller sized piano.

Konzert Series

Concert grand and upright pianos for the highest demands – making every tone a concert experience.

Our Konzert instruments combine experience and skill with our most innovative ideas. The result is uncompromising grand and upright pianos “Made in Braunschweig” for concert use, instruments that want to be challenged. Exquisite materials, long maturing cycles, craftsmanship of our master piano builders and the most modern manufacturing techniques in material processing are just a few of the quality attributes of these outstanding instruments.

The instruments are characterized by our innovative design concept, which we invented in 2000, and which has been continuously further developed and patented. The concept is based on the idea of transferring all the outstanding features of our largest concert grand piano, where possible, identically to the smaller instruments. For example, from tone 44 to 88, the large scale (string design) of a concert grand is used in models of different sizes. The design of the soundboard is also identical to that of the largest concert grand. As a result, we achieve the same sound characteristics in all grand and upright pianos of the Konzert series as in our large concert grand K 280. In addition, the design of the large K 280 action has been transferred identically in the smaller grand pianos. The vertical piano actions have been optimized in accordance with the grand piano actions in order to enable the pianist to achieve almost the same speed of repetition as with a grand piano.