Piano craftsmanship

At the Bechstein piano factory in Saxony Seifhennersdorf each instrument is individually prepared. Our CEO, piano builder and company president, Karl Schulze, takes you step by step through the manufactory. He talks to the experts in relevant departments and explains the important quality aspects of a Bechstein grand piano.

Master piano makers with the highest competence conceive each new step, support the implementation and control every nuance. Wood engineers implement the latest findings on creative developments in preparation for the test series. Listen to the voices of the responsible experts and master piano builders, watch the process up close, look into the heart of our manufactory.

Piano making is an extremely complex art, if it is to ensure the best results. Here we are concerned with the best materials, best workmanship, and above all the smallest details of know-how. We are concerned about precision and implementing piano-research results. Let yourself be lead by a master piano maker through the production, walk comfortably through our spacious halls with many areas of work and watch our master piano builders and masters actually exercise their passion. Here you get an idea of the complexity of the process of making pianos in premium quality.Piano making is an extremely complex art, if it is to ensure the best results. Here we are concerned with the best materials, best workmanship, and above all the the smallest details of know-how. We are concerned about precision and implementing piano-research results. Let yourself be lead by a piano master through the production, walk comfortably through our spacious halls with many areas of work and watch our master piano builders and masters actually exercise their passion. Here you get an idea of the complexity of the process of making pianos in premium quality.

The media keeps asking us about possibilities for filming this mysterious process. Bechstein piano making has lost none of its magic; here one sees people filing and forming thousands of parts. This is a strong contrast to widespread mass production; one of the last premium manufacturers to be seen alive.The media keeps asking us about possibilities for filming this mysterious process. Bechstein piano making has lost none of its magic; here one sees people filing and forming thousands of parts. This is a strong contrast to widespread mass production; one of the last premium manufacturers to be seen alive.