Seiler piano factory
| Seiler Pianofortefabrik GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1849 |
| Seat | Kitzingen |
| Branch | Grand piano and piano construction |
| Website | www.seiler-pianos.de |
The Seiler Pianoforte Fabrik GmbH is a wing and piano manufacturer with headquarters in Lower Franconia, Kitzingen in Bavaria, Germany. The first plant was opened in 1849 by Eduard Seiler in Liegnitz, then part of Prussia , in the province of Silesia . Samick has been running the company since 2008 .
history
The company was founded in 1849 by Eduard Seiler in Liegnitz , Lower Silesia (now Legnica, Poland ). In 1873 Eduard Seiler built a factory with steam operation and in 1874 employed more than 100 workers. A little later Eduard Seiler died. In 1879 his brother Johannes Seiler trained as a piano maker and at the end of 1879 took over the technical management of the factory. The company became the largest piano manufacturer in East Germany. At the end of the Second World War , the Seiler family and the remaining workforce had to flee. For the time being, production was resumed in Copenhagen (Denmark). In 1961 the plant in Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, was rebuilt.
The company refers to a number of technical innovations for which patents have been registered. According to its own account, Seiler is the German piano factory with the greatest vertical range of manufacture .
In the former Seiler factories located in Poland since 1945, pianos of the Legnica and Th. Betting brands were built until several years ago . From 1963, the Braunschweig piano factory Zeitter & Winkelmann belonged to the Seiler Group.
Due to the worldwide sales difficulties for high-quality pianos, the company had to file for bankruptcy in July 2008. In November 2008, the company and most of the remaining workforce were taken over by the Korean musical instrument manufacturer Samick .
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Remarks
- ^ For the successor company in Legnica see Legnicka Fabryka Fortepianów i Pianin in the Polish Wikipedia.
- ↑ Patrick Eichenberger: "Excursion to the history of a piano maker ... and his environment today" , page 17.
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ' N , 10 ° 10' E