The History of Grotrian Pianos

Many people are not familiar with the history of thiswas one of the most popular breakthrough models.
famous piano manufacturer, but it's a fascinating one.Once Kurt Grotrian passed on, his two sons, Erwin and
This German company is still going strong andHelmut, continued with the family traditions. Like their
consumers have come to expect top quality fromfather and uncle before them, the two men continued
them.to discover new methods of building and improving on
An Idea is Seededexisting technology.
Friedrich Grotrian of Grotrian Pianos, got his start quiteWorld War II
innocently in Moscow where he worked at a pianoThe war destroyed most factories in Germany and
manufacturing company. After 25 years of sellingthe Grotrian company ceased production. It was very
pianos, Grotrian headed back to his homeland,nearly the end of the piano company, but they did
Germany, where he became a partner in a fairly smallfinally manage to resurrect the company in 1948 and
manufacturer in the 1950's and continued to work andbegan to produce once more.
live in Germany.By 1974, the company was under the hand of yet
Friedrich died in 1860, passing his portion of theanother generation of Grotrians and Knut Grotrian (son
company on to his son, Wilhelm. Just five years later,of Helmut) was ready to lead the manufacturer into
Wilhelm and the Grotrian-Steinweg family took fullthe future. The business moved to a factory in
proprietorship of the business.Braunschweig, Germany and from this vantage point,
Quality Production Yields Resultscontinued to excel in the production of modern pianos.
Because Grotrian-Steinweg was such a conscientiousThey brought the business into the modern world,
company, offering top quality instruments, it wasn't longinventing new methods of production and putting them
before even the most elite in society found itto use.
necessary to own one of their pianos.With over 170 years of garnered experience, Grotrian
Royal families purchased Grotrian pianos, awardspianos are among the finest made, using the latest in
were given and famous musicians and composersinstrument building technology to create near perfect
were found to use the top notch instruments. Thesound and flawless build. There's a good reason these
family keeps a record book which details the awardspianos have been so famous and managed to live
and thanks given them over the generations.through the ages so well - you can even purchase a
New BloodToronto used piano and it is still truly impressive. The
In 1885, Willi and Kurt Grotrian entered the familyclassic look and angelic sound combine to create the
business and these two young men were key inmost sought after pianos in the nation.
moving the business forward into the next century.Grotrian piano company has gone through six
They patented a huge number of the piano inventionsgenerations and increased the world of music's general
that were discovered at the turn of the century andknowledge greatly with their patents and inventions.
made great advancements in the world of music.New methods of building instruments have been
The pianos turned out at this point by the Grotriandesigned specifically by this family which, unlike most
piano company were far ahead of their time, withother piano manufacturers, has kept the company in
freely vibrating soundboard and a design that allowedthe family since the beginning. There's little doubt that
them to take the form of the more compact uprightFriedrich would be proud of how his descendants have
piano without compromising on sound. Their model 120handled business.