Today, PETROF still produces Rösler pianos, making active commercial use of the name. The firm continued to prosper until the February putsch of 1948, when it was nationalised.Īfter 1993 Rösler was bought by PETROF, Europe’s leading piano maker. At that time the company was producing as many as 10 pianos a month. After the Second World War the factory was occupied, with Antonín Duda, a specialist from Dalibor Pianos in Zákolany, being appointed national manager. Gatter’s sons took it over. Rösler instruments were exported to 18 countries.
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Its sales area included the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Great Britain and South Africa. The firm was represented on the domestic market in all large retailers, and was successful abroad as well. After his death in 1891 his wife ran the firm, until in 1899 her brother Ludwig Gatter bought the firm and gradually expanded and modernised it. 1878 is considered the official date when Gustav Rösler founded the company, building in Česká Lípa one of the most significant factories of its kind in the entire Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Production of upright and grand pianos under Rösler name dates back to the second half of the 19th century.