Piano Buyer (pianobuyer.com) is the 21st-century sequel to The Piano Book, by Larry Fine. We publish articles on all aspects of buying, selling, and maintaining pianos and digital pianos; a semiannual guide to models and prices of new pianos; search tools for finding new pianos that match a buyer's criteria; classified ads for used pianos; and other services. We also offer a number of advertising options for reaching our 45,000+ monthly viewers.

In essence, it’s very simple: Take the finest natural materials, the time-honoured principles of piano making and combine them all to create pianos that are truly living instruments. Only then can the tonal richness that Horowitz craved come into being, a richness that every musician needs in order to be inspired and to enjoy making music. However this is precisely what no more than a handful of piano manufacturers in the world have been able to achieve. Today, practically all new pianos have been reduced to the status of mere percussion instruments, and yet it is of vital importance for professional pianists to be able to influence and nuance each note that they play; that is an absolute must for every interpreter.

Our upright and grand pianos are handcrafted using time-honoured traditions of piano making and are among the finest instruments produced by an elite group of manufacturers. We invite you to get to know them personally, either at your local Steingraeber dealer or here at our factory in the Festival City of Bayreuth.

Schiedmayer, which was already producing concert grand pianos, harmoniums and upright pianos, began making celestas as early as 1890. Schiedmayer continually developed and improved the celesta instrument and decided in 1980 to specialize solely in the production and sale of celestas. Since the company Mustel terminated its production of celestas in 1975, Schiedmayer has become the only manufacturer of celestas in the world true to the original intentions of the inventor and celebrates 130 years of celesta construction in 2020.

All celestas from our manufacture are handmade, unique and 100% made in Germany. Even the wood and all materials used in the process are sourced in Germany. Sustainability is very important to us; none of our materials or components are derived from endangered animal or plant species