For over 50 years, the Fromme Vienna brand has stood for the highest quality of handcrafted Viennese timpani mallets. Steiner superior mallets continues the Viennese tradition, including Prof. Gerald Fromme's innovations in the construction, and the Fromme Vienna series by Steiner superiormallets offers an extensive range. 

Construction and materials have not changed since the beginning of the 20th century; thus the "Viennese mallet" represents the counterpart to the traditional type of German mallet construction.

Andreas Steiner had the good fortune to learn the craft of mallet-making with Gerald Fromme. He had learned from Richard Hochrainer of the Vienna Philharmonic, who in turn had studied with Hans Schnellar, who became world-famous for his numerous innovations in instrument-making at the beginning of the 20th century, and later for his achievements in teaching.

From 1970 until his death in 2017, Gerald Fromme made mainly timpani mallets, as well as drumsticks and mallets for large percussion instruments. From 2013, Andreas Steiner assisted him, before establishing a new system for top-quality mallet-making, with the Fromme Vienna by Steiner superiormallets brand. These prime mallets are a stable investment for an entire career.