HISTORY OF THE SCHOLZE BRAND
Frank Scholze, the founder of this brand, entered the piano industry owing to his admirable skill. He showed this by successfully shortening a neighbour’s piano at a time when he still had no experience in this field. After learning the trade, he founded the Scholze company in 1876. Now PETROF is continuing the tradition of this name.
1853
Scholze founder Frank Scholze
1853
The founder of Scholze Piano brand - Frank Scholze was born.
1870s
He was technically minded as well as musically talented. He soon began making musical instruments. He got into making pianos purely by chance, having successfully shortened a Viennese grand piano.
1876
He gained experience in Germany and founded his own piano factory in the Šluknovsko region in 1876.
1880s
Later he moved to Varnsdorf, where he built a new factory for uprights and grands. Scholze’s high quality pianos sold well both locally and abroad.
1898
Scholze Piano won the first prize of the State Ministry of Commerce in Vienna, the capital of music in 1898.
1900s
Scholze made all four of his sons learn the pianomaker’s craft and sent them to gain experience in overseas firms (Steinway in England, Bechstein in Berlin) where they learnt modern manufacturing procedures.
1914
After returning in 1914 the sons of Mr. Scholze entered the firm to run the pianomaking factory in Jiříkova. The name of the firm was changed to “Scholze & Co.”
1920s
After F. Scholze’s retirement, the company changed its name to “Scholze’s Söhne”. The firm prospered right up.
1945
After the war the company was confiscated and continued operations under an appointed national manager.
1948
In 1948 the company assets were transferred to a nationalised enterprise called Továrna na piana a varhany v Hradec Králové (Hradec Králové Piano and Organ Factory).
1979
In 1979, 103 years after the company was founded, the SCHOLZE brand was acquired by PETROF and became one of the PETROF family brands.
2005
Scholze Pianos officially entered the Chinese market.
2017
Scholze pianos use the design patent of the Czech Petrof company - honeycomb iron plate.
2021
Shanghai Disheng Music Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and PETROF of the Czech Republic have reached a strategic cooperation to be responsible for the production and sales of Scholze brand pianos in China.