Sauter

1813

The protagonist of the story is called Johann Grimm (John Green). When he was young, he was an apprentice carpenter. Who would have thought that Grimm would step into the world of music and art one day in the future? In 1813, Grimm, who gave up his easy life, went to Vienna, the capital of music, to learn piano manufacturing techniques, where he studied under the most famous piano maker Nannette Stein and her husband Johann Andreas Streicher.

To succeed in the world generally requires a perseverance character. The process of learning piano manufacturing is long and boring, but Grimm just relied on tenacious perseverance and hard work to complete the 6-year journey of piano making. In the end, he left the capital of music with the talents and ideals he harvested and returned to Spaichingen in southern Germany, and founded his own piano factory.

In 1846

Grimm's nephew Carl Sauter I (1820-1863) inherited his piano career. In 1846, the small piano workshop that was pursuing perfect piano skills was developed into a real piano factory, employing dozens of apprentices to produce pianos. With superb piano manufacturing skills and continuous pursuit of perfect sound, Sauter Piano Factory soon became the leading company in Spaichingen. In order to own a Sauter piano, customers even need to go to Spaichingen in person, and have already drawn lots to determine the order of making the next piano.

Not only that, the Sauter family was considered one of the most influential families in the region at the time. Northern Switzerland, eastern France, especially southwestern Germany and the surrounding areas of the Black Forest are all supplied by Sauter piano factory.

1863

Unfortunately, Carl Sauter died young. His wife and eldest son Johann Sauter I (1846-1909) jointly inherited the piano factory. The perfect artistic creation concept has always been the tradition of SAUTER family piano manufacturing. Johann Sauter is no exception!

The young Johann is keen to improve piano production technology. He realized that if he wants to continue to develop and grow Sauter pianos, he must inject new vitality into this traditional piano factory in order to maintain the advantages of Sauter pianos!

His uncle had absorbed advanced piano-making technology and craftsmanship from Vienna, the capital of music, so Johann set his sights on the West. He is pioneering and enterprising all his life, pursuing perfect sound. After visiting Boston, New York, Chicago and other cities, I learned a lot of modern piano production experience and technology. He saw a huge concert hall that was completely different from Vienna, which could accommodate 50-200 people, and the sound of the piano could be very clearly and accurately conveyed to the ears of the audience in the last row of the concert hall. Once back home, he used what he saw and heard to develop a new Sauter piano. It was also at that time that Sauter pianos became the leading piano brand in the world at that time.

At that time, Sauter's invention and piano manufacturing improvement technology obtained a number of international patents, and Johann Sauter also ushered in the transition from mass production to the production of top-level grand pianos.

1909

Carl Sauter II (1876-1948) took over the factory and actively expanded to occupy the market. His greatest contribution to the Sauter piano factory is to improve the production methods of pianos, make them operate more modern, and rapidly increase the production volume. Many pianos with excellent quality are provided for music lovers around the world. Therefore, Sauter pianos achieved an amazing growth in the 20th century!

1948

Hans Sauter, son of Carl Sauter II, began to take over the company, using the power of technology and new materials to improve and perfect modern piano production techniques. In the second half of 1950, the production of Sauter pianos reached a whole new level. Soon, these Sauter pianos with exquisite sound were exported all over the world.

1969

Carl Sauter III took over the company and became one of the most important piano manufacturers on the world stage. He also won dozens of awards for Sauter pianos. In order to enable Sauter pianos to better meet the needs of all international markets, Carl III began a large-scale expansion of the factory. The expansion of the new factory continued from 1974 to 1983.

A life of bold innovation and hard work may be the pursuit of every member of the Sauter family! Carl III also did something very bold in everyone's eyes! In his idea, the piano should not only be an instrument for expressing music, it can also be fully integrated with contemporary design! This new idea immediately resonated with customers all over the world. Sauter piano has also expanded into new markets such as Hong Kong and Singapore.

Carl III also cares about how artists use Sauter pianos, hoping that it can always be an indispensable soul mate for artists.

Sauter piano engineers have also developed a device called a dual response action machine, which can give the player the most sensitive touch of the keys, allowing the player to experience the sound of a grand piano on an upright piano. . Sauter pianos first introduced this system to the highest quality M series pianos that were on the market in the early 1990s.

1993

After Carl Sauter III retired, economist Otto Hott acquired a part of the company’s equity, and in 1993 began to take charge of the company’s operations with another director Ulrich Sauter (1952 -, a member of the Sauter family and the actual director of company operations). . This cooperation marks the beginning of Sauter piano's further expansion worldwide. After continuous innovation and refinement, Sauter pianos have reached a stage of brilliant sound quality. Many piano production and design patents led by Sauter pianos have created the wonderful sound quality of modern pianos. Therefore, this fully reflects the unremitting pursuit of perfect sound by the top designers of Sauter pianos.

In the past nearly 200 years, the Sauter Piano Factory in Spaichingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is the oldest piano manufacturer in the world today, and it is still in production today, and it has become a leading piano manufacturer in the world. It is not accidental; its pianos have been rated as the world's best performance pianos for many years, and they deserve their name.