From the first cut of Alpine spruce to the moment the keys are played for the first time, every Edelweiss takes six months to complete. Every hour of that time is accounted for.
The story starts 1,000 to 1,800 metres high in the fresh green spruce forests of the European Alps, where for more than three centuries the world’s finest tone wood has been harvested.
The altitude is everything. A short growing season forces the spruce to grow slowly, producing the fine, even grain structure that gives every Edelweiss its voice. There is no substitute for this wood and no shortcut to finding it.
The soundboard is cut from that Alpine spruce by hand. Every one is different, and every one is chosen.
Every Edelweiss responds to the player. Whether that is the touch of a concert pianist or the precision of our self-play system, our pianos give back exactly what they receive. The finest nuances are never lost.
Finish, colour and detail are specified by you. Colours are drawn from Farrow and Ball and Little Greene, or from the depths of your imagination. The result is a piano made for one room, and one person.
Every stage is carried out by specialists dedicated to their field of expertise.
This is where the piano takes its physical form. Case components are shaped, refined and prepared by hand. Every surface is considered before a note is ever played.
The Aurora frame is constructed from welded steel. Britain's cast iron foundries are gone. We did not accept that as a limitation. We built the capability ourselves and the result is a sound that is felt before it is understood.
Applied entirely by hand, our liquid metal finishes exist nowhere else. Patinated bronze, oxidised copper, gold leaf, liquid brass, and more. Each application is unique to the piano it becomes part of.
Finish is applied by specialists who do nothing else. Our most distinctive finishes are not available elsewhere. They exist because we spent years developing and honing them. Secrets we intend to keep.
Six months of work becomes music for the first time in this room. Felt hammers meet copper-wound strings. When the piano finds its voice, it is the moment everything before it makes sense.
Every Edelweiss includes self-play as standard. The system is integrated here, component by component, calibrated to the specific instrument it will live inside.
Step inside our workshops and you’ll hear it before you see it. Each piano is regulated, voiced and checked against standards that do not move. Then prepared for delivery.
We welcome visitors to our workshops and would love to show you what six months looks like in practice.
Tours are complimentary and arranged personally.
Private client, Aurora, 2024
