Forte Piano

The Estonia piano is one of the world’s most limited production instruments, with only a little over 400 Estonia pianos hand-crafted each year. Estonia pianos are crafted in Tallinn, the capital city of the country of Estonia, just across the Baltic Sea from Finland.

Estonia pianos have a history dating back to 1893, yet the Estonia piano had been on of the best-kept secrets in the piano industry. Now the word is out with more than 200 newspapers nation wide reporting on the Estonia, with an article in Forbes magazine and with recommendations from countless teachers and technicians who have fallen in love with its rich warm romantic tone.

Immaculate workmanship and gorgeous casework are hallmarks of the Estonia piano.  Luminaries from Van Cliburn to Ray Charles have waxed poetic about the Estonia pianos. Estonia focuses all of its energies on making only grand pianos. Long the secret of Eastern Europe’s world-class concert artists, Estonia is now a favorite around the world.

The country’s low labor rate and old-world high quality workmanship, and the fact that we buy the pianos directly from the factory, make it a unique value.  Estonia is unique in the world of piano building, having at its helm a pianist with a PHD in piano from the world-renowned Julliard School of Music, Indrek Laul.  When we purchase European pianos from most other companies it is from a US distributor.  That distributor has an owner and sometimes a president, a general manager, district sales reps, etc.  All of these folks need to get their piece of each piano sold.  This causes one of two things, either a lessening of the quality of the materials used or a very large increase in price.  With the Estonia piano we buy it directly from Dr. Laul, owner of the company, cutting out all of the middle men and allowing us to buy a piano with world class components found in most pianos selling for 2,3 and 4 times the price of an Estonia.  The price of the Estonia piano is often times not much more than many mass produced Asian pianos.

One of our most respected technicians calls the Estonia piano, “the best bang for the buck.”  Visit us and hear and see why.