Category
Pianos · Makers
Acoustic pianos, piano model families, and related keyboard instruments.
-
Maker
Fazioli
Models: 3 · Categories: 1
Fazioli Pianoforti is an Italian maker of high-end grand pianos, founded in 1981 by engineer and pianist Paolo Fazioli in Sacile, in the Friuli region north of Venice. Fazioli builds a small number of instruments per year, using red spruce from the Val di Fiemme for soundboards, and its model numbers denote each piano's length in centimeters. Its F308 is among the longest production concert grands made.
-
Maker
Baldwin
Models: 2 · Categories: 1
Baldwin is an American piano maker founded in 1862, when Cincinnati music teacher Dwight Hamilton Baldwin started a piano dealership that grew into D.H. Baldwin & Company. A historically prominent U.S. brand, Baldwin builds its handmade Artist Grands in the United States, headed by the SD-10 concert grand. The company is now part of Gibson Brands.
-
Maker
Clavia
Models: 8 · Categories: 3
Clavia is a Swedish maker of electronic instruments founded in 1983, best known for its red Nord synthesizers, stage pianos, and digital organs.
-
Maker
Rhodes
Categories: 1 · Designed by: 1
Brand and maker lineage associated with Rhodes electric pianos.
-
Maker
Mason & Hamlin
Models: 2 · Categories: 1
Mason & Hamlin is an American piano maker founded in 1854 by Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin, building grand and upright pianos at its factory in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The company is known for heavy, robust construction and its patented Tension Resonator, a system of steel rods that helps maintain the soundboard crown over time.
-
Maker
Bösendorfer
Models: 4 · Categories: 1
Bösendorfer is an Austrian maker of handcrafted grand pianos, founded in Vienna in 1828 by Ignaz Bösendorfer. Austria's last surviving piano manufacturer, it builds a small annual output of instruments at Wiener Neustadt, known for the warm 'Viennese' tone, the Resonance Case Principle, and its concert grands including the 97-key 290 Imperial and the Vienna Concert (VC) series.
-
Maker
Petrof
Models: 2 · Categories: 1
Petrof is a Czech piano maker founded in 1864 by Antonín Petrof in Hradec Králové, where it still builds grand and upright pianos. Europe's largest family-owned piano manufacturer, Petrof is known for its warm, singing tone and a grand-piano range whose models carry weather-inspired names such as Mistral, Pasat, and Bora.
-
Maker
C. Bechstein
Models: 3 · Categories: 1
C. Bechstein is a German piano maker founded in Berlin in 1853 by Carl Bechstein. A traditional concert-piano builder historically associated with Liszt, von Bülow, and Berlin's musical life, it manufactures its premium C. Bechstein grands and uprights in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony, using European mountain spruce soundboards and hand sand-cast iron frames.
-
Maker
Roland
Models: 70 · Categories: 10
Roland is a Japanese maker of electronic musical instruments, including synthesizers, drum machines such as the TR-808, and the JC-120 Jazz Chorus, a benchmark solid-state guitar amplifier known for its built-in stereo chorus and produced since 1975.
-
Maker
Steinway & Sons
Models: 14 · Sources: 2
Steinway & Sons is a maker of grand and upright pianos founded in New York in 1853 by Heinrich Steinweg, with a second factory in Hamburg, and is widely regarded for its concert grand pianos.
-
Maker
Schimmel
Categories: 1 · Models: 1
Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik is a German piano maker founded in 1885 by Wilhelm Schimmel. One of Germany's most prominent piano builders, Schimmel makes its premium Konzert and Classic grand and upright pianos by hand in Braunschweig (Brunswick), and is known for design features such as triplex scaling and an enlarged soundboard.
-
Maker
Blüthner
Models: 2 · Categories: 1
Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik is a German piano maker founded in Leipzig in 1853 by Julius Blüthner. Family-run for generations, it is known for its warm 'Golden Tone' and its patented Aliquot stringing, in which treble notes are given an unstruck fourth string that resonates sympathetically. Blüthner builds grand and upright pianos in Leipzig.
-
Maker
Kawai Musical Instruments
Models: 8 · Categories: 1
Kawai is a Japanese maker of pianos and other musical instruments founded in Hamamatsu in 1927, known for its grand, upright, and digital pianos.