For the 11th year, Forsyth is proud to have sponsored the Chetham's International Summer School and Festival for Pianists (17-29 August). The prestigious annual Summer School is Europe's largest such event devoted exclusively to the piano and incorporates the International Piano Series of public concerts at the Stoller Hall, which this year featured solo recitals and concerto evenings with such luminaries as Einar-Steen Nøkleberg, Leon McCawley, Ronald Brautigam and Martin Roscoe.

We provided over £500,000's worth of pianos for concerts, masterclasses, teaching and practice – 20 top-quality instruments by Schimmel, Yamaha and Kawai, from uprights to concert grands! – as well as an extensive pop-up shop of sheet music, recordings, accessories and gifts in the school's Oglesby Atrium.

Back at our premises on Deansgate, we also took summer school participants and members of the public on behind-the-scenes tours of our piano workshops with exclusive access to our private collection of historical keyboard instruments. Our guests were treated to two-hour tours explaining the history of piano-making, the principles of modern piano design and construction as well as piano maintenance and repair.