The northern Czech town Ji?’kov, also known as Georgswalde, sharing part of its municipal border with the German state border, is rather near to the history of piano making of far more than one century. It lies about 10 km west of Seifhennersdorf, a base of the Zimmermann and Bechstein piano productions, 15 km south of the renowned August Fšrster piano factory in Lšbau, Germany, while Ršsler upright pianos are manufactured in the not too distant town ?esk‡ L’pa. In 1900, a subsidiary of German company August Fšrster was founded in Ji?’kov, manufacturing upright pianos under the brand label Weinbach and Scholze until today. Now in the third generation, piano producing family Seidl has had their share in this highest quality environment for producing pianos. Grandfather Ji?’ Seidl directed the Ršsler Piano factory for 31 years. His late son Ing. Ji?’ Seidl lead the Weinbach factory in nearby Ji?’kov for over 17 years. Ji?’ Seidl junior, youngest descendant of the family, gathered valuable experience in this beautiful field of making pianos when working in the development department of the Petrof piano plant, later then he participated in, and in fact initiated, planning and preparation of the Ji?’kov based piano production of SEIDL & SOHN. In a freshly reshaped factory building, the SL 109 and SL 120 upright piano models were first brought to their production lines. Their elegant case designs and constructions came from Miroslav Tauchman, a most renowned Czech designer. Building these models, SEIDL & SOHN used, and still uses, both traditional materials and skilled crafsmanship. The beech frame with soundboard made of select Czech spruce comes with Ršslau strings from Germany. Biene tuning pins come from Germany as well, keyboards of the important European producers and Czech TOFA action with Renner or Abel hammerheads are being used, the larger upright piano models are now available with DETOA and RENNER action at the buyers choice. The solid casted iron frames of all piano models are surfaced with quality hammer bronze from Austria in the traditional manner. The SEIDL & SOHN pianos have a very typical Czech and European tone, which is recognized as pleasant sounding and warm by experts throughout the world. They are well suited for both beginners and intermediates, with higher models designed and well accepted for professional use. Call ten years warranty of the SEIDL & SOHN factory an outstanding testimony of quality of workmanship and materials used in manufacturing these pianos, and an expression of the pride that the family takes in their products. SEIDL & SOHN wish you the most delightful of all musical experiences possible with their wonderful upright pianos.