Fridolin Collection
The new Fridolin Schimmel upright pianos have been especially developed by Schimmel for the educational level of the market. Solid, robust, and affordable, they are an excellent alternative to the Classic series for both students and family, offering an optimum price-performance ratio.
All Fridolin pianos are created from Schimmel technical designs. With over 130 years of excellence in piano making, we ensure that Fridolin pianos offer the soul of a German piano in sound and touch.
Fridolin pianos are manufactured in China according to a defined process outlined by Schimmel and supervised by German craftsmen from Schimmel Germany. This assures a continuous quality promise.
Fridolin cabinets are designed by Schimmel. Schimmel has won numerous design awards such as the Red Dot Award, the Good Design Award, and has been nominated for the German Design Award. Fridolin instruments have a stylish aesthetic.
You can be confident you are choosing a quality piano when you choose a Fridolin. Materials used in construction are carefully selected. Notable high-quality elements are the German hammer felt and Rösslau strings. Fridolin pianos are backed with confidence by Schimmel’s extended warranty.
Fridolin instruments are a smart investment for any home or studio.
History of Fridolin Schimmel – German Craftsmanship in North America
The focus on quality and technical genius are talents that both brothers, Wilhelm and Fridolin Schimmel, enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In 1893, Fridolin Schimmel pianos became a synonym for quality and craftsmanship in Northern America. Today, Schimmel keeps this heritage alive with care.
The second half of the 19th century saw many talented piano craftsmen in Europe and America starting their own business. Among them were the two brothers Wilhelm and Fridolin Schimmel. Both had the entrepreneurial spirit and both were dedicated to craftsmanship and quality.
Wilhelm Schimmel, the older brother, founded Schimmel Pianos in Germany in 1885. The family company and the famous brand Schimmel became synonymous with first class grands and uprights made in Braunschweig | Germany.
Fridolin Schimmel, the younger brother, founded modern piano production in 1893 in the United States of America, where he had emigrated not long before. Under the name “Schimmel & Company”, Fridolin Schimmel’s grand and upright pianos gathered an excellent reputation.
On October 1893 he reports in a letter to his family from his new hometown, Faribault in Minnesota:
Things go well in our new company. I have already made two technical drawings for a small and a higher upright. As soon as I have time I will design a grand. Our pianos are well respected.
The creative and talented piano-maker, Fridolin, also studied furniture for a long time and had numerous patents in furniture, wood-processing machines and also automotive inventions. In later years he successfully shifted his business to this new field of manufacturing.
In Germany, Wilhelm Schimmel stayed with pianos only. So did his son, Wilhelm Arno Schimmel and also his grandson Wilhelm Nikolaus Schimmel. As a young man Nikolaus Schimmels took a similar path to Fridolin and worked as a piano technician in Chicago, later also in other American piano companies. In the 1960s the family relationship and the activities of Nikolaus Schimmel helped to re-establish the Schimmel brand in North America.
The family spirit of Wilhelm and Fridolin Schimmel making quality pianos, moved Schimmel pianos to preserve the tradition and continue also with pianos carrying Fridolin Schimmel ́s name.
The family spirit of Wilhelm and Fridolin Schimmel making quality pianos, moved Schimmel pianos to preserve the tradition and continue also with pianos carrying Fridolin Schimmel ́s name.
The new Fridolin Schimmel grand and upright pianos have been especially developed by Schimmel for the educational level of the market. Solid, robust and affordable as an excellent alternative to both students and family, due to the favourable price-performance ratio.
