An early Graf is the ultimate instrument for Schubert and late Beethoven, and ideal for early Chopin. It combines Viennese Classical transparency with the tenderness and lyricism of early Romanticism, and also the epoch’s dramatic range of dynamics.

The development by Graf and other piano makers of moderator stops and the una corda action (which no longer feature on modern pianos) opened up an amazing palette of colours and effects to the fortepiano.