G. Rösler
{{Short description|Czech piano manufacturer}}
G. Rösler is a piano manufacturer established in Česká Lípa, Bohemia in 1878 by Gustav Rösler. The pianos bore his full name, appearing in Gothic script.
After Rösler's death in 1891 his wife ran the firm, until in 1899 her brother Ludwig Gatter bought the firm and gradually expanded and modernised it.
Gatter was awarded an imperial and royal warrant of appointment to the court of Austria-Hungary.{{Citation
| year = 1917
| title = Handbuch des Allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates Seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät.
| publisher = K.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
| publication-place
= Vienna
| page = 515
| url =
| accessdate =
After the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic Gatter’s sons took over the company.
After the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, the company was nationalized.
After 1993 Rösler was bought by Petrof, a Czech piano manufacturer founded in 1864.
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External links
- {{official website|https://roslerpianos.com/en/}}
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Category:Piano manufacturing companies
Category:Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court
Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the Czech Republic
Category:Companies established in 1878
Category:1878 establishments in Austria-Hungary
Category:1993 mergers and acquisitions
Category:Manufacturing companies of Austria-Hungary
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