Their headquarters and factories are largely lost in Liegnitz and they must risk everything to begin again. The Second World War heralds a significant change for the Seiler brand.

By 1923 and now under the capable leadership of Anton Seiler-Dütz, the company is the largest manufacturer of pianos in Eastern Germany. Prizes and more awards were heaped on the Seiler company with a huge expansion of manufacturing facilities taking place in 18. With the addition of August Lauterberg (brother-in-law to Johannes), and Oswald Kasing the Seiler company achieved considerable accreditation, cornering the German piano market by the last 1800s. The youngest son Johannes, who had only just completed his piano manufacturing apprenticeship was left to direct the Seiler company. Tragedy struck the Seiler family when both Max and Paul Seiler died in 1879. Sadly, Eduard Seiler died in 1875 and the company passed to his two sons Max and Paul. A new steam-powered factory was established in 1873 with soon over one hundred workers employed. This paved the way for Seiler’s rise to piano manufacturing fame and despite the terrible wars that raged between 18, the company continued to grow. In 1872, he received a gold medal in Moscow for the ‘outstanding quality’ of his pianos. Eduard’s vision was simple to make first-class pianos that matched the aspirations and demands of the greatest musicians of the time, and to bring quality pianos to the increasingly wealthy middle-classes.Įduard Seiler enjoyed relatively swift success with his new line of pianos. It was a man called Eduard Seiler who began this line of pianos in a charming town called Liegnitz in Germany. The Seiler piano brand has been around for over 160 successful years and it is still in business today. It seems to demonstrate a burning passion for their art and their instruments. Partly it is the look and feel of the site, but it has videos of the manufacturing of the pianos on the homepage that I find appealing.

Of all the different brands of pianos available in today’s crowded marketplace, I have to say that Seiler has one of the most engaging websites of them all.

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