Schiedmayer

Established in 1735 as a keyboard instrument manufacturer, it is still active today as a family business.

When the composer Friedrich Silcher moved to Stuttgart, he lived for two years in Schiedmayer's home.

In 1909, a major exhibit to commemorate the centenary of the firm was held in Stuttgart at the Royal Center for Industry and Trade (Today House of Commerce).

Johann Lorenz Schiedmayer sent his two younger sons Julius and Paul to Paris, where they studied harmonium construction, and also met Victor Mustel, who some years later invented the celesta.

After returning to Stuttgart, they founded in 1853 the firm of J & P Schiedmayer, which soon started building pianos and later celestas.