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In 2009, Yamaha Kemble was wholly bought out by Yamaha Corporation Japan and repurposed as Yamaha Music UK Ltd, as an intermediate stage to merging with Yamaha's European operations. At the same time, Kemble Music Ltd (which traded as Chappell of Bond Street) was officially liquidated with all assets and the musical instrument store being sold ...
London: UK 1804–1980 Chappell & Co. London: UK 1811–1980 Kemble: Charles Albrecht: Philadelphia / Long Island: US 1789–1887 Schultz & Sons Manufacturing Corp. One of the earliest pianos made in America. The first known piano by Albrecht is located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [66] Charles Stieff: Baltimore: US 1856–1951
In July 2007, Yamaha bought out the minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales division. It was renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in late 2007. [15] Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm, was unaffected. [16]
In 1980, Chappell sold its retail activities to concentrate solely on music publishing. Its premises on London's Bond Street were bought by Kemble Pianos, a large distributor of Yamaha pianos, who operated the music store under the name of Chappell of Bond Street. The Chappell & Co. publishing business was later acquired by PolyGram.
In 1971, Rawle attended the Annual Music Trade Fair in London, and took an interest in the Yamaha stand, where he was approached by a representative of Kemble Pianos. [9] He was offered the position of Musical Director of Kemble (Organ Sales), a role he would continue in until his retirement. [10]
Inspired by the closure of the Yamaha Kemble factory in Milton Keynes, Adam Cox and his wife Charlie used their experience as piano dealers and repairers together with investment from the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, to begin production of their own brand of pianos in the United Kingdom. [2]
This article is a list of piano brand names from all over the world. This list also includes names of old instruments which are no longer in production. Many of these piano brand names are "stencil pianos", which means that the company which owns the brand name is simply applying the name to a piano manufactured for them by another company,
In January 2024 the piano was the subject of a public dispute involving UK YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh, who is known as Dr. K and for his public piano performances.During a live-streaming session of him playing the piano, a Chinese group, apparently part of a television crew, approached him.