List of piano makers

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This is a partial list of piano manufacturers. Most piano professionals have access to detailed information about these brands using a Piano Atlas to reference serial numbers, which are used to determine a piano's age using the year a piano was built. This information is often used in piano appraisals.


Company Place Years active Acquired by Notes

A. B. Chase Ohio 1875 Aeolian-American Corp until Aeolian went out of business. Since 2001 the A.B Chase name has been used by Wrightwood Enterprises Inc. on pianos made by the Dongbei Piano Co. in China.
A. Mittag Berlin 1800
Aeolian Company New York City 1868-1985 American Piano Company Merged with Ampico in 1932. Ampico rebranded as Aeolian in 1941.
Albrecht, Charles 1779
Allen Brook London
American Piano Company East Rochester, NY, US 1908-1941 Aeolian Company aka. Ampico
Astin Weight Salt Lake City 1959-1999
Alexander Herrmann KG Sangerhausen, Germany 1803-1993

Babcock Boston 1810
Baldwin Cincinnati, OH, US 1890-2001 Gibson Guitar Corporation
Christian Baumann Zweibrücken, Germany 1740-1816
Baumgardt Piano Stockholm, Sweden 1859
Baus Piano Company
Beale Piano Sydney 1893-1975
Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik AG Berlin and Seifhennersdorf, Germany 1853-present Was owned by Baldwin in 1963. Also manufactured Zimmermann brand after 1992
Behr Brothers Piano Company
Belarus[1] Belarus 1935-present Also manufactures brands Sängler & Sohne, Schubert and Wieler
Bell Canada
Bentley Piano Company
Beulhoff
Blüthner 1853
Bohemia Piano
Boisselot & Fils France 1831-1912 The brand became Boisselot Fils & Co. in 1847, after the passing of his father Jean-Louis Boisselot.
Bösendorfer Vienna, Austria 1828 Yamaha Acquired in 2007
Brødrene Hals Oslo 1847-1925
Boston 1991
Brinsmead London 1835
Broadwood and Sons London 1783

C. Burlman & Co.
Cable and Sons New York 1852
Cable, Hobart M. La Porte, IN, US 1900
Cable Company Chicago 1880
Challen 1804
Chappell Pianos London 1811
Charles R. Walter Elkhart, IN, US 1975
Chas. S. Norris Boston 1930c. 1930
Chickering and Sons Boston 1823 American Piano Company Acquired in 1908
Chris Maene - Doutreligne Ruiselede, Belgium 1938
Collard & Collard London
Cunningham Piano Company Philadelphia 1891
Currier Piano Co. Boston and Marion, NC, US 1823, 1969 Acquisition details
Clementi

Danemann London 1893
Decker Brothers New York 1862

Eastman
Edmund British Columbia
Érard Paris 1777
Estey Piano Corp 1869
Estonia Piano Factory 1893
EUTERPE

Fahr Albert Zeitz, Germany 1887-1950
Falcone[2] Haverhill, MA, US 1982-1993 American Sejung Corp.
Fandrich & Sons Stanwood, WA, US 1989c. 1989-present
Fazioli 1978
Feurich 1851
J.C. Fischer New York 1840
August Förster Löbau, Germany 1859-present
Francis Connor New York 1871

Gabler New York 1851
Gaveau Paris 1847
Generalmusic Italy and Bensenville, IL, US
Glenz (Josef) Breslau
Timothy Gilbert Boston 1827
Goetzmann New York
Grotrian-Steinweg 1835

Haines Brothers New York 1832
Hallet, Davis & Co Boston 1835
Hansmann
Hardman Peck New York 1842
Heintzman & Co. Toronto 1866
Hobart M. Cable La Porte, Indiana, US 1900 American Sejung Corp.
Hupfield 1880

Ibach 1794
Irmler Leipzig and Poland

J. Erbe Eisenach Germany 1881
J. Strauss & Son 1925

Kawai 1930
Kemble 1911
Kimball Chicago 1857 see Kimball International
Kirschner New York
David Klavins Bonn, Germany 1954
Knabe Baltimore 1837 American Piano Company Acquired in 1908
Knight 1935
Kohler & Campbell New York 1896
Krakauer Bros New York 1869
Kranich & Bach 1864
Kurtzmann

Albert W. Ladd & Company Boston 1838
Lauter Piano Co. Newark, NJ, US 1862-1930
Leipziger Pianofortefabrik 1835
Lesage Piano Company[3] Quebec Willis & Co. Acquired in 1907
Lester Piano Company[4] Lester, PA, US 1888-1960 Also manufactured brands Channing, Alden, Bellaire, Schubert and Leonard
Lindeman & Sons New York 1836
Ludwig & Company St. Louis, MO, US 1895

Mammoth Piano US 2010
Mason & Hamlin Boston 1854
Mason & Risch Ontario
Mathushek New York 1852-1879 New Haven 1866
Mehlin & Sons New York 1853-1960 Mehlin Piano Co. until 1889 when the & Sons was added.
Mendelssohn Canada
Moore and Moore London
Muir, Wood and Company[5] Edinburgh, Scotland 1798-1818 Wood, Small and Company Wood, Small and Company was formed at John Muir's Death in 1818
Murdoch, McKillop & Co Edinburgh, Scotland

Joseph Newman Baltimore 1829
Newman & Bros. Baltimore 1842
Nordheimer Canada

Obermann & Sohn
Overs Sydney, Australia

Pape Paris 1817
Perzina 1871
Petrof 1864
Petzold Paris 1806
Pfeiffer Stuttgart, Germany 1862
Prate Canada
Pirsson New York 1829
Pleyel Paris 1807

QRS 1900
Quidoz Quebec

Rainer Canada
Reed & Sons 1842
Rubenstein 2005

Manuel Samaniego[citation needed] Madrid 1800sc. 1800s-1892
Samick 1958
San Francisco Piano Co.
Sauter[6][7] 1819-present
Adam Schaaf[8] Chicago 1873-1930's
Schiedmayer 1853
Schiller Piano Company[9] Oregon, Illinois 1890-1936 Cable Company
Schimmel Germany 1885-present
Scholze
Schultz & Sons 1948
Schulze & Pollman
Schweighofer 1792-1938
Sears, Roebuck & Company[10] Chicago 1900-1930c. 1900-1930 Also manufactured/sold brands Beckwith, American Home, Maywood, Beverley, and Caldwell
Seiler 1849
Sherlock-Manning Ontario
Sherman Clay
Shomacker Philadelphia 1840sc. 1840s
Shondorff New York
Smith & Barnes
F.G. Smith New York 1866
Sohmer & Co. New York 1872
Starr Piano Company Richmond, Indiana 1872-1950 Originally named the Trayser Piano Company,after one of it's founders, George Trayser. They also produced a more affordable, yet exceptional quality, piano line, the "Richmond Piano Comapany", which was sold along side theirs in showrooms. Also known for founding Gennett Records.
Steck New York 1857 American Sejung Corp.
Steingraeber & Söhne[11] Bayreuth, Germany 1852-present
Steinway & Sons New York and Hamburg, Germany 1853-present
Sterling Piano Company Derby, Conn 1866-around 1926 Originally founded in 1845 as The Sterling Organ Company by Charles A. Sterling, the company merged with the Winter Piano Company after the Great Depression. They also produced the cheaper, but reputable, Huntington Piano.
Story & Clark 1884
Streicher[7] 1802
Strich & Zeidler[12][13] New York City 1889-1930s Also manufactured Homer brand
Stuart and Sons Newcastle, Australia
Suzuki Corporation

Thürmer 1834

Uebel & Lechleiter Heilbronn, Germany 1872-1987
United Piano Makers New York 1800sc. 1800s

Verdugo e Hijo Quito, Ecuador 1995-present

Waldberg Berlin 1890c. 1890
Weber (New York)[3] New York 1852
George Weber & son, John Chicago 1917c. 1917
Weber (Ontario)[3] Kingston, ON, Canada 1862 Lesage Piano Company
Whaley-Royce Toronto
Whelpdale, Maxwell & Codd 1876
George Wilkinson London 1811
Wilh. Steinberg Germany 1877
Willis & Company Ltd.[14] Montreal 1889-1979 Acquired Lesage Piano Company in 1907. Also manufactured Newcombe
Wood, Small and Company[15] Edinburgh, Scotland 1818-1829 Successive firms were Wood and Company, J. Muir Wood Company, and Small, Bruce and Company Continued until Andrew Wood's Death in 1829
Wornum London 1811
Wurlitzer Cincinnati, OH, US 1856-1988 Baldwin

Yamaha Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan 1887-present Acquired Bösendorfer in 2007. See also List of Yamaha products
Young Chang 1956 Hyundai Development Company Acquired in 2006

Zimmermann Seifhennersdorf, Germany 1884-2011 Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik AG Acquired in 1992

References [edit]

  1. ^ The Virtual Pianoshop. "Piano: Belarus". Retrieved 14 December 2012. 
  2. ^ "Falcone, The Handmade American Piano". 
  3. ^ a b c "Antique Piano Shop, Weber". 
  4. ^ "Lester Piano Company". 
  5. ^ Palmieri, Robert (2003). The Piano: An Encyclopedia. New York City, NY, USA: Taylor & Francis. p. 243. 
  6. ^ "HIstory of Sauter". 
  7. ^ a b "Extended History of Sauter". 
  8. ^ "Antique Piano Shop, Adam Schaaf". 
  9. ^ Novak, Alice (29 November 2012), NRHP Nomination: Oregon Commercial Historic District (pdf), Illinois Historic Preservation Agency 
  10. ^ The Antique Piano Shop. "Sears, Roebuck & Company". Retrieved 14 December 2012. 
  11. ^ History of the Manufacturers Steingraeber & Söhne (pdf) 
  12. ^ "Antique Piano Shop, Strich & Zeidler". 
  13. ^ Dolge, Alfred (1913). Pianos and Their Makers: Development of the piano industry in America Since the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876; Volume II. Covina Publishing Company. 
  14. ^ "The Canadian Encyclopedia, Willis & Company Ltd.". Retrieved 4 December 2012. 
  15. ^ Palmieri, Robert (2003). The Piano: An Encyclopedia. New York City, NY, USA: Taylor & Francis. p. 435. 

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