Note regarding the seminars: The seminars are primarily held in German, but a selection is also offered in English. Translation services are available for associations. Please provide us with the contact information of a person who would like to translate for your association in advance. We will then clarify the further details with them.
Seminars & Lectures
Workshop - Manufactory
Workshop - Manufactory
Duo Clave – an extraordinary double grand piano and its technical innovations
Friday, April 24, 2026, 9 a.m. - Paul Corbin Paul Corbin is a French piano maker who worked as a designer at C. Bechstein in Seifhennersdorf, Germany. In his spare time, he took on the challenge of building his own grand piano: the DuoClave. After seven years of work, its construction is complete. Here, he presents the features of this extraordinary double grand piano and all the innovations it incorporates.
Laser-assisted measuring device Piano Measure Pro
Time and location will follow.
- Tobias Schmidt
Tobias J. Schmidt's seminar focuses on the laser-based measuring device Piano Measure Pro and its practical application in everyday workshop practice. The starting point is the question of how traditional measuring and adjustment methods in piano and grand piano manufacturing can be made more precise and reproducible through non-contact measuring technology.
Presentation of Stretto and concert grand piano:
Location to follow
Time will follow
Description to follow.
* Public event, accessible to all trade fair visitors
Touch
Touch
AdSilent installation and essential know-how
Time and location to follow.
- Andreas Dütz
Topics:
- Piano/grand piano with 85 keys
- Bluetooth Audio vs Bluetooth MIDI
- Connection problems on Android (or iOS)
- Check space for wing stop strip
- Check space for piano aluminum stop strip
- Save time during installation
- Pedals
- FAQs
Toning - Voicing - Tuning
Toning - Voicing - Tuning
Mensuration
Time and location to follow.
- Peter Tholey
Key topics:
- Consistent volume gradient across the scale length
- Matching single-, double-, and triple-strung strings
- Consistent tonal quality across the scale length
- Matching plain strings to wound strings
- Matching single-wound to double-wound strings
- Tonal breaks around string spacing
- Matching the stringing to the soundboard
- Matching the hammer heads to the stringing
- Strategies for optimizing scale lengths
Tuning Using Beat Frequency
Time and location will follow.
- Hanns Pommerien
Comparing beats allows our ears to make astonishingly accurate relative frequency measurements. Without intermediate steps involving calculations of inharmonicities and theoretical frequencies, they always utilize the actual frequencies of the most audible common partials of two piano notes.
14 Steps to Perfect Intonation [Almost] Without a Needle
Time and location will follow.
- Wolfgang Schäffler, Udo Steingraeber
This presentation, accompanied by a short slideshow, is aimed primarily at younger colleagues, and perhaps also at instructors with—perhaps—new ideas for training the next generation.
Know-how - Innovation
Know-how - Innovation
Pianos in the digital age: Opportunities and challenges
Time and location to follow.
- Oliver Hutz
Digitalization is transforming industries worldwide – and the market for acoustic pianos is no exception. How can centuries-old craftsmanship and tradition be harmoniously combined with the possibilities of modern technologies?
Ear and hearing health in piano making
Time and location will follow.
- David Bächinger
Piano makers face particular challenges regarding their ear and hearing health: On the one hand, they are exposed to high, potentially damaging sound levels while working with wood and metal. On the other hand, they rely on above-average hearing abilities when tuning and voicing – activities that can also be hazardous to their hearing.
Business Administration - Corporate Management
Business Administration - Corporate Management
Business transfer
Time and location to follow.
- Christof Endres
Brief information to follow.
Promoting young talent within the company
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- Carlos Mora
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Seminar: The path to becoming a sworn expert in the instrument making trade
Location to be announced
Friday, April 24, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
This seminar is aimed at all independent master instrument makers, both exhibitors and trade visitors.
Speakers:
Chief Legal Counsel of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts Middle Franconia
Federal Guild Master Christoph Endres
In the area of ​​piano making:
Master Piano Maker and Expert Wolfgang Trobisch
* Public event, accessible to all trade fair visitors
General Program
General
program
Opportunity to play in the Piano Salon
Piano Salon
Friday, April 24, 2026, time to be announced.
Saturday, April 25, 2026, time to be announced.
Sunday, April 26, 2026, time to be announced.
Visitors can reserve a 15-minute time slot to try out the exhibited instruments, including a short presentation by the manufacturers.
* Public event, accessible to all trade fair visitors
Piano Pitch
Piano Salon
Date and time to be announced.
Experts from the manufacturers will present the instruments of the Piano Salon in a direct comparison.
* Public event, accessible to all trade fair visitors
Piano Pitch
Piano Salon
Date and time to be announced.
During this "culinary" tour pianist will present the instruments and their diverse sounds.
* Public event, accessible to all trade fair visitors