Zimmermann is a German

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maker and brand name.

History

The company founder worked for the piano company

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, before starting his own factory in

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, in 1884. As business grew, the Zimmermann company expanded to a second factory in 1904. By 1912 over 10,000 pianos were being built a year making it one of the

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’s largest piano manufacturers. Later, it became a global piano exporter within over 400,000 instruments sold world-wide. In 1992,

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took over the company and incorporated it in its Product Range. Until 2011, Zimmermann pianos have been produced in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

like all Bechstein Instruments, where the Bechstein company regrouped its production facilities. Today modern Zimmermann pianos are produced in China within the control of Bechstein Quality Management System.

References

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