Contact Us
With our fascination for pianos and pianolas, we are almost always on the go – so the best way to reach us is in writing. You will rarely catch us on the phone spontaneously – but always by appointment. You can visit us in our showroom by appointment – and then we are entirely at your disposal.
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Directions
Address: Weil 25, 85229 Weil / Markt Indersdorf, Germany
…open by appointment only…
By car… Most navigation systems will find this somewhat hidden place in the countryside. It is important to enter the postal code in your navigation system, as there are several places called “Weil” in Bavaria, some of them farther away. The street can be found under “Weil 25”, “Weiler Strasse 25” or “Weiler Gnailes 25”. The “Solarpark Weil” is on the same site.
Coming from Munich, you can also take a pleasant drive through the villages and enjoy the beautiful landscape. This is the shortest route and takes no longer. Otherwise, take the A8 highway toward Stuttgart and exit at Sulzemoos, Odelzhausen or Adelzhausen – then follow the signs to Altomünster. In Altomünster, drive across the beautiful market square and pass the green town hall on your left. Leave Altomünster on this road and follow the road to Eichhofen. After about 1.5 km, just past the top of a hill, the entrance to the former farm is on the left – turn left up the paved driveway and keep right past the large hall – you will find us in the building set crosswise bearing the sign “FASZINATIONPIANOLA”.
Coming from Nuremberg, take the A9 to the Allershausen exit and follow the signs to Petershausen and then Altomünster.
By public transport… Altomünster station is easily reached by train. From there it is 2 km to our location. By arrangement, we will be happy to pick you up from the station.
Why Faszination Pianola?
For almost forty years now, I have been fascinated by old pianos and pianolas. The spark of the piano ignited a passion in me as a child that still carries the fascination today, undiminished. This passion also took shape through a childhood friend with whom I was often allowed to visit the Steinway & Sons workshops in Hamburg, where his father worked.
My great wish to learn the piano, or to have one at home, was answered with the purchase of a guitar 😉 A detour – since buying a piano would have meant too great a financial and spatial effort – and probably also because my parents were not sure whether it might just be a passing idea. It wasn’t.
On the second attempt, years later and with the support of my parents, I got my first beautiful but sadly technically ruined piano (Ludwig Wulff & Co. from Copenhagen) – bought from a Danish antiques dealer. The friendly piano maker who came to tune it for the first time explained two ways to make this piano playable again – a 3,000 deutschmark repair, or doing odd jobs during the vacations to work it off. As a schoolboy, the latter seemed more realistic to me.
My passion for the old instruments led me to persuade the friendly piano maker not to strip the very old pianos for parts any longer, but to let me have them for little money. For lack of space I could not keep them all and began to sell instruments on. And that is when I discovered my true fascination for pianos: finding pianos and pianolas from the Golden Age, discovering their history, having them restored to their original splendor, finding new appreciative hands for them – and all this in close exchange with enthusiasts and experts around the world. Moving stories and experiences from these many encounters are an important part of who I am today.
For me, pianolas hold a very special fascination of their own, as they sparked a worldwide enthusiasm like a wonder of the world, especially in the period 1900–1930, and the musical repertoire on music rolls is an immeasurable treasure. Even after decades, the fascination is unbroken.
Support Faszination Pianola
We are of course very grateful for voluntary contributions in recognition and support of our considerable financial and time investment in rescuing and restoring these treasures from the Golden Age. If you would like to support this voluntarily, you can do so here.
A Donation to Faszination Pianola
We are of course also delighted to receive donations of rare instruments, accessories or documents. Some generous supporters have already placed their long-treasured possessions in our appreciative hands. We are and remain very grateful for this!
Become a Sponsor of a Piano(la)
Many instruments are waiting at our workshop to be renovated so that they can stand in their former glory again. You can become a sponsor of such rarities and cover the cost of the renovation, helping a work of art to shine and sound again. Detailed documentation of the restoration and numerous original recordings of the instrument are part of our thanks.