Dawn and Barbara were in Schimmel’s Polish factory in June 2023 when this – the first Fridolin grand piano - was unveiled for the dealership. We were impressed by the size, affordability and playability of this piano and ordered one directly.

This is how Schimmel pianos describe the F156T

“Our baby grand F 156 is based on a traditional Schimmel design. It was a bestseller for decades until the model was replaced by new and larger designs.

The piano was designed to enable smaller rooms to house a quality grand piano. Redesigned and enhanced this very small grand piano is now an attractive Fridolin model, re-establishing it in our grand piano range once again.

In 1893, Fridolin Schimmel, encouraged by his brother Wilhelm Schimmel, founded his own piano factory in the United States of America. In an intellectual exchange between the brothers, Schimmel instruments were produced there until the 1910s at the same time as the production in Germany - tailored to the American market according to the motto solid, robust and affordable. This motto was renewed by us almost exactly 100 years later in an independent instrument series under the brand "Fridolin".

Generally based on the designs of our instrument series “Wilhelm”, Fridolin instruments are manufactured today in Guangzhou | China. Material selection, production process and the construction have been carefully modified in detail without changing the essential character traits - the result is solid, robust and affordable instruments with an excellent price-performance ratio - quality from the beginning.”

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