The Celesta Video

Invention, action mechanism, manufacturing

A video on the celesta’s origins and its making in the Schiedmayer workshop. The celesta instrument, often called celeste, was invented in 1890 by Victor Mustel in Paris. Since 1980 the Schiedmayer Celesta GmbH is the only manufacturer of the real celeste instrument worldwide. Learn more about the “heavenly” instrument, the invention and the history in this celesta video. It also contains exciting insights into the production of a celesta.