"Without music", someone once said, "life is a journey through a desert". Since our founder -while an apprentice in Vienna- helped built instruments for Ludwig van Beethoven and other famous artists during the years 1813-1819 six generations of the Sauter family have sought to continue this legacy. We hope as you read over the information contained on this homepage that you will see not only the beauty and perfection of a Sauter piano but also be able to hear the joy and music that can be created with it. Piano music is an explosive expression of humanity. It connects everyone, no matter where we are from. After all, helping create that connection is why we build pianos.
Spaichingen- Home to Sauter Piano Comp. since 1819
August 29th, 2007 by admin

There is something magical about this little city comfortably located 75 miles from Zurich and 67 miles from Stuttgart. The valley-das Primtal-flows from North to South. Waking, you are greeted by the gold-crested ridge on the east. In rising, the sun has silhouetted the mountain on the east breaking the horizon between dark ridges and radiant, exuberantly colored skies. Visitors to this beautiful place can not deny the resonance in this place where natural and manufactured beauty blend.

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I decide to climb Dreifaltigkeitsberg (Trinity Mountain). On the top there is a monastery I am told. I am stopped by a lindenbaum–a linden tree. It seems to talk to me and as I draw closer a plaque reveals its purpose: to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the mighty German poet and freedom lover Friedrich Schiller. Few know that Schiller and Sauter Company’s history intertwine; perhaps a story for later. I smile and continue. The view from the top is breathtaking. Magical, the only word capable of encompassing the feeling here. This place seems to hold an attitude long lost, a gentleness of a time forgotten. It’s appropriate, really, as this is home to some of the worlds oldest and most progressive companies. For instance, the world’s oldest piano manufacturer that has been continuously in business, the world’s most coveted automobile manufacturer, home to one of the world’s leading medical supply companies and one of the world’s leading cloth and fashion designers and the world’s leading harmonica manufacturer. Concentrated in this area are Sauter, Mercedes-Benz, Aesculap, Hugo Boss and Hohner Harmonicas. Yes–Spaichigen is a place of magic.
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Welcome to the Sauter Family
August 27th, 2007 by Ulrich Sauter

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Every year the Sauter Family is joined by music and art loving individuals across the world who invite a Sauter piano into their home. Extending from Sweden to South Africa, from Berlin to Shanghai and on to Seattle, we find that piano lovers choose Sauter instruments…and so often they want to know more about the tradition, people and stories that are connected or related to Sauter Piano Company.

We created the Sauter Forum to offer a better glimpse into who we are and what we stand for. The entries will not be in perfect English or literary works as we will ask our partners across the world to contribute but we hope that you will enjoy them. I invite you to send us interesting contributions about Sauter pianos from your corner of the world.

Yours,

Ulrich
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