Brashs Music Store in Bourke Street, Melbourne, was where Musico’s Director, Bernie Capicchiano, first fell in love with Schimmel Pianos. It was the 1970’s and a Schimmel piano was the price of a medium sized house.
Bernie left his position at Brashs and started his own operation in 1977, specialising in retail sales of pianos and organs. This grew quickly to include importing and distributing piano and organ brands.
Later, in May 1996, a phone call came from the Knox City Council, looking to replace their Schimmel piano at the Knox Community Centre. Bernie contacted the Schimmel factory and discovered that they were seeking new Australian representation and were keen to meet with Musico.
Schimmel Pianos and Musico discovered common ground; both acclaimed family owned and managed businesses with a passion for excellence.
Musico became the Australian Importer and Distributor for Schimmel Pianos. From their superstore and warehouse facilities in Ringwood, Victoria, Musico re-invigorated the Schimmel name in Australia. Mr. Capicchiano visited the Schimmel Factory in 1997 to select the model range for Australia.
Today, Musico operates from a 15,000 square foot premises in Ringwood, Victoria, stocking a generous selection of Schimmel grand and upright pianos.
In May 2006, Musico celebrated 10 years of appointment as the Australian Distributors for Schimmel Pianos, with an illustrious celebration including guests and dignitaries from around Australia. A video message prepared by the Schimmel family was shown at the event, and Mr. Nikolaus Schimmel hand-wrote the following letter:
Dear Bernie, Congratulations on your celebration night. Your activities are impressive and we are honoured with the invitation received to attend this event. We are not in a position to join for a number of reasons, but it is with our very best wishes, that we are sending you our compliments. Best Regards, Sincerely Yours, Nikolaus Schimmel
The fourth generation President and CEO of Schimmel, Mr. Hannes Schimmel-Vogel, and his wife Viola Schimmel-Vogel made an Australian tour in 2012 as guests of Musico. This included visiting Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Mr. Schimmel-Vogel was delighted to meet Schimmel owners and artists and especially to thank Musico for their outstanding representation of Schimmel in Australia.
Today, Musico is one of Australia’s leading musical instrument importers, specialising in pianos, organs and keyboards. The Schimmel network has expanded to include Authorised Retailers in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, who offer a superlative range of Schimmel grand and upright pianos with unmatched service.
Piano City warmly invites you to the Schimmel Vip Reception To celebrate the appointment of Piano City as the Sydney Representative for Schimmel Pianos, we invite you to an exclusive reception.Join us as we launch the new range of Schimmel Pianos in Sydney hear a mini recital...
Schimmel Pianos Australia is proud to announce the newly appointed exclusive representative for Sydney – Piano City. Elain, John and their team have been in the specialty piano business for decades and are recognised for their expertise.Piano City offer a selection of Schimmel pianos on...
Schimmel dealers from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne gathered in Melbourne on October 16th and 17th for the Schimmel Australia Dealer Summit.The summit celebrated the visit of two senior guests from the Schimmel Piano Factory in Braunschweig, Germany; Mr Lothar Kiesche (Director of Sales and Marketing)...
Monday 25th FebruaryTwo sessions: 3.00pm - 4.30pm and 5.00pm - 6.30pmAdvanced piano students are invited to this executive opportunity to perform and receive an encouraging and valuable critique. audience welcomed (and encouraged!)At Bernie Music Land, 381 Canterbury Road, Ringwood Participation $39 / Audience $10 /...
Melbourne, AU – The Royal South Street Society Ballarat is delighted to announce a new partnership with Schimmel Pianos Australia. The iconic society, which has been providing a leading standard in performance competition for over 125 years, has proudly re-named its famous piano competition the...
The Schimmel Piano Company’s fourth generation CEO and President, Hannes Schimmel- Vogel, made an exuberant commendation of their Australian representatives, Musico, particularly commending the launch of their new website, www.schimmelpianos.com.au.The website went live in December 2016 and Mr. Schimmel-Vogel wrote;"We are looking back to a...
Still the world’s biggest Music Fair, my visit to the Frankfurt Musikmesse this year impressed me with the promotion of 100% German made pianos. The Association of German Piano Manufacturers is working hard to clear up confusion about what a “Made in Germany” piano really is,...
All ears were on the new Schimmel K219 Konzert Grand in the beautiful ballroom at Rippon Lea Estate on August 16th. It performed more than admirably under the amazing fingers of young Indonesian Concert Pianist, Kevin Suherman. The evening held two celebrations; the Australian launch of...
Legends of the Melbourne jazz scene, Bob Sedergreen and his son, Steve, performed together on the Schimmel stage in a rare two-piano musical feast on May 12, 2016. Bob was thrilled and explained to audiences how there are limited opportunities to play together as pianists. He...
In an exciting move that combines two piano building power-houses, Schimmel Pianos of Germany and Pearl River Pianos of China have entered into a strategic alliance.This new alliance combines technology and resources, as well as powerful international networks which offer exciting future opportunities to strengthen Schimmel’s...