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Harrods reopens it’s piano department with Edelweiss

In 2017, Edelweiss was asked to do something that hadn’t been done in four years. Reopen the Harrods Piano Department, closed since 2013 after 118 years of trading.

You’ll find it now on the third floor, inside Furniture and Home. Follow the sound. You’ll likely hear it before you see it.

Why Harrods Chose Edelweiss

A 118 year heritage doesn’t get reopened on sentiment alone. Harrods needed a maker whose instruments justified the space, and whose thinking matched the store around them.

The traditional grand piano trades in a narrow palette. Black. Large. One configuration, decided by the maker before the piano ever meets a home. That’s not difficult to source, and it’s not what a department like this one is built to sell.

Every Edelweiss piano is different. Any colour. Hand-built to order in Cambridge, England. Self-play included as standard, not offered as an upgrade, so the instrument performs whether or not anyone sits down to play it. For a family business built on restoration and a genuine love of live music, that felt hammer on copper wound string is the whole point. Harrods saw a piano department that could once again offer something genuinely exclusive, for music lovers as much as pianists.

Moda A Flugel rendered in Purbeck stone and antique bronze. Less an instrument on display than a sculpture that happens to play. The material does the talking. Explore Flugel

Flugel Transparent The classic Flugel silhouette in clear acrylic, with LED lighting built into the body. Set the mood, or sync it to the music. Explore Flugel

Vintage Floral A Flugel finished in pigmented lacquer, with floral motifs inlaid by hand in a modern reading of traditional chinoiserie. Made to be looked at as closely as it’s heard. Explore Flugel

Sygnet, in a contemporary colourway The world’s smallest grand piano, built to fit rooms a grand was never supposed to fit. Yachts. Apartments. Rooms with more ambition than square footage. Explore Sygnet