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Euterpe Piano: New York: US 1820–1930 F. G. Smith: New York: US 1866 Falcone [67] Haverhill, MA US 1982–1993 America Sejung Corp. Francis Connor: New York: US 1871–1933 G. Rösler: Česká Lípa: Bohemia 1878–1948 Petrof: Acquired in 1993. G. Schwechten: Berlin: Germany 1854–1902 The name "Schwechten" is used in China by Shanghai ...
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing and marketing conglomerate, based in Astoria, New York, the United States.It was formed in a 1995 merger between the Selmer Industries and Steinway Musical Properties, the parent company of Steinway & Sons piano manufacturers.
The New York factory, in the borough of Queens, supplies the Americas, and the factory in Hamburg supplies the rest of the world. [7] [13] Steinway is a prominent piano company, [14] [15] known for its high quality [16] [17] and for inventions within the area of piano development.
Alcoa Aluminium Piano. A piano with an aluminum piano plate, called the Alumatone plate, was announced in 1945 by Winter and Company, piano manufacturers, and Alcoa, a manufacturer of aluminum and aluminum products. [1] The metal frame of a piano, often called the plate or harp, anchors both ends of the strings, withstanding a tension of 20 ...
The Weber Piano Company is a former piano manufacturing company based in New York City and East Rochester, New York from the middle of the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, and continued as a division of Aeolian-American at East Rochester, New York until 1985, when Aeolian went out of business. [1] [4]
Lindeman was a name used by a series of piano manufacturers in New York in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The concern was founded by William Lindeman (1794–1875) on a small scale in Dresden in about 1822, and reestablished by him in New York City in 1835 or 1836, where it grew to a medium size within twenty years.
The company made its first screwdrivers in 1834 but stopped in 1840, instead selling the handles and blades to smaller companies made at the Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex. During World War II, the company continued producing screwdriver blades and suspended production of piano parts to manufacture Waco CG-4 gliders for the military. [5]
The Wissner Piano Company was opened in Brooklyn, New York in 1878 by Otto Wissner ("a thoroughly skilled piano maker") [1] and his two sons, William Wissner and Otto Wissner, Jr. They were well known for the high quality of their pianos. The Wissner Company went out of business around 1942. [2]