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Grand pianoA German grand from a maker that has built pianos since 1885. The one we photographed carries Made in Germany on its keyboard and the Schimmel crest inside the case.
Wilhelm Schimmel built his first piano near Leipzig in 1885, and the firm has made pianos in Germany ever since. It is based in Braunschweig today.
Schimmel also runs a factory in Kalisz, Poland, so the country on a particular instrument is worth reading rather than assuming. The grand in these photographs, taken on our viewing gallery floor at IMM, is marked Made in Germany.
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The same four we check ourselves before an instrument goes on the floor. Every instrument is an original used piano. Not reconditioned, not rebuilt. Ask us about any of them on a specific piano and you get a straight answer.
The Boston is a Steinway design built in Japan, the Schimmel a German instrument from a firm founded in 1885. They answer the same question in different accents, and hearing both in one visit is the quickest way to know which one is yours.
Both, back to back, in the same room on the same afternoon. That is a fifteen minute job at the viewing gallery and it settles the question far better than any page can.
Schimmel builds in Braunschweig, Germany, and some of its instruments come from its factory in Kalisz, Poland. Check the instrument itself. The grand photographed on this page is marked Made in Germany.
A well kept Schimmel grand is built to last decades, and the parts that wear can be serviced. As with any used grand, the soundboard, the bridges and the tuning pins decide whether it is a good buy, not the name on the fallboard.
It depends on the size, the year and the condition. Ask about a specific instrument and you get a specific price, and if there is no Schimmel on the floor we will say so.
Differently rather than better or worse, and the only description that matters is the one you arrive at yourself. Play both in the viewing gallery on the same afternoon.
All grands
180 cm and up
The size people ask for by name is around six feet. It is long enough to behave like a proper grand and short enough to place in a home or a small hall, which is why it is the most requested length we see.
Read about grand pianos →Yamaha
161 to 186 cm
The grand most people in Singapore mean when they say they want a grand. The real question is less which maker and more which length.
Read about it →Kawai
166 cm
Two years old, 166 cm, from Kawai’s GX BLAK series, and the most recent grand on our floor. The model and the serial are both cast and stamped into the plate, so that age is a matter of record rather than an estimate.
Read about it →Boston
A grand designed by Steinway and Sons and built in Japan by Kawai, for players who want that design thinking at a price a home can justify.
Read about it →Message us with the model and we will tell you what is in, what condition it is in, and what it costs. If we have nothing suitable we will say that instead.
