The northern
Czech town Jiříkov, also known as Georgswalde,
sharing part of its municipal border with the German
state border, is rather near to the history
of piano making of far more than one century.
It lies about 10 km west of
Seifhennersdorf, a base of the Zimmermann and Bechstein piano
productions, 15 km south of the renowned August
Förster piano factory in Löbau, Germany, while
Rösler upright pianos are manufactured
in the not too distant town Ćeská Lípa.
In
1900, a subsidiary of German company August Förster
was founded in Jiříkov, manufacturing
upright pianos under the brand label Weinbach and Scholze
until today.
Now
in the third generation, piano
producing family Seidl has had their share in this
highest quality environment for producing pianos.
Grandfather Jiří Seidl directed the
Rösler Piano factory for 31 years.
His late son Ing. Jiří Seidl lead the Weinbach
factory in
nearby Jiříkov for over 17 years.
Jiří Seidl junior,
youngest descendant of the family,
gathered valuable experience in this beautiful field of making
pianos when working in the development department of the
Petrof piano plant, later then he participated in, and in fact
initiated, planning and preparation of the
Jiříkov based piano production of SEIDL & SOHN.
In a freshly reshaped
factory building, the SL 109 and SL 120 upright
piano models were first brought to their production lines.
Their elegant case designs and constructions came from
Miroslav Tauchman, a most renowned Czech designer.
Building
these models, SEIDL & SOHN used, and still uses,
both traditional materials and skilled crafsmanship.
The beech frame
with soundboard made of select Czech spruce
comes with Röslau strings from Germany.
Biene tuning pins come from Germany as well,
keyboards of the important European producers
and Czech TOFA action with Renner or Abel hammerheads
are being used, the larger upright piano models are
now available with DETOA and RENNER action at the
buyers choice.
The solid casted iron frames of all piano models are
surfaced with quality hammer bronze from Austria in the
traditional manner.
The
SEIDL & SOHN pianos have a very typical Czech and
European tone, which is recognized as pleasant sounding
and warm by experts throughout the world.
They are well suited for both beginners and intermediates,
with higher models designed and well accepted for professional use.
Call
ten years warranty of the SEIDL & SOHN factory an outstanding testimony
of quality of workmanship and materials used in
manufacturing these pianos, and an expression of the pride that
the family takes in their products.
SEIDL & SOHN wish you the most delightful of all musical experiences
possible with their wonderful upright pianos.
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