Graf pianos such as this one were made to the highest quality and because of that, a large number still survive to this day. Graf pianos were favored by many famous contemporary artists such as Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann etc. In addition, they were owned by a number of royal families as they were some of the most renowned instruments in all of Europe. These pianos were some of the first to be made with an industrialized building process, where different people were responsible for building different parts which were then brought together and assembled.