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Grand pianos are being built to Baldwin specifications by Parsons Music Group, Hong Kong. [6] Bechstein [7] Berlin: Germany 1853–present: Also manufactures W. Hoffmann and Zimmerman brands. [6] It has its own line of artists. [8] Becker [9] Moscow: Russia 1841–present: Nationalized in 1918 and renamed into the 'Red October' brand.
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,
Chickering brand piano pictured in an advertisement in an Indianapolis Maennerchor concert program, March 1912. Jonas Chickering made several major contributions to the development of piano technology, most notably by introducing a one-piece, cast-iron plate to support the greater string tension of larger grand pianos. He also invented a new ...
By 1901, William Straube had sold his interest [7] and signed a 5-year non-compete agreement. [MTR 9] But in 1901, Straube, his two brothers, Herman Charles Straube (1867–1921) and Martin Straube, Jr. (1869–1934), and an associate, Charles Jacobsen (no relation to the Jacobsons of Straube Piano Company), formed another piano manufacturing company and leased the Club Block in Downers Grove.
Between 1893 and 1949 Starr produced nearly a dozen brands, including Trayser, Duchess, Richmond, Remington, and Royal, and bought other piano companies like Krell in 1927. [3] [4] In 1915, 250 companies were making pianos, 75 percent from 25 companies that including Starr, Baldwin, and Wurlitzer. [1]
Sohmer & Co. trademark. Sohmer & Co. was a piano manufacturing company founded in New York City in 1872. Sohmer & Co. marketed the first modern baby grand piano, and also manufactured pianos with aliquot stringing and bridge agraffes, as well as Cecilian "all-inside" player pianos and Welte-Mignon-Licensee reproducing pianos.