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Pearl River Piano Group in China uses the brand name "Ritmüller" for their pianos. W. W. Kimball and Company: Chicago: US 1857–1996 Kimball International: Weber Piano Company [70] [84] New York: US 1852–1985 Young Chang: Young Chang acquired the Weber name in 1985. [6] Weber (Ontario) [70] Kingston, ON Canada 1865–1961 Lesage Piano ...
Young Chang was founded in 1956 as a distributor of Yamaha pianos for Korea and other parts of Asia. [1]: E–8 The company was founded by three brothers, Jai-Young Kim, Jai-Chang Kim and Jai-Sup Kim, as South Korea emerged as a major economy and producer of high quality goods.
The Weber name was then sold to South Korean piano company Young Chang, which in turn sold the Weber name to Samsung Group in 1987. [4] Young Chang remains responsible for manufacturing the pianos, which are sold in two product lines: Weber, with entry-level and mid-level pianos, and Albert Weber, with higher-level products. [5] [6]
The Pramberger Platinum series was the highest quality performance piano Young Chang had produced to that point. The action, manufactured with Renner parts, rivaled even the best German brands in that respect. Mr. Pramberger died of cancer on December 15, 2003. After his death, his estate ended the contract with Young Chang.
Tacoma Guitars began as a division of Young Chang America in Tacoma, Washington that, starting in 1991, processed Northwest hardwood for export for piano soundboards. Sawmill general manager J. C. Kim persuaded Young Chang to build a guitar manufacturing plant nearby. For the first few years, the plant produced about 100 guitars a month for ...
In 2004, Samick gained controlling interest in competitor Young Chang, but antitrust rulings in the U.S. and Korea ended the merger a year later. [4] From 2003 to 2009 Samick was associated with German C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik. In addition, Bechstein and Samick have a joint venture factory in Shanghai, China.
(Young Chang has manufactured pianos for Yamaha as well as piano components for Steinway and other notable European piano brands.) In 2006 Young Chang piano factories were acquired by Hyundai Development Corporation in Korea. John Martin was involved in working with the CEO, JP Park, to streamline the piano manufacturing procedures and employ ...
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,