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In 2015, Kawai introduced the GL Series line of grand pianos. [15] The current Kawai Grand Piano product line consists of the following models: [16] Shigeru Kawai SK-EX: 278 cm (9 ft 1 in) SK-7: 229 cm (7 ft 6 in) SK-6: 214 cm (7 ft 0 in) SK-5: 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) SK-3: 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) SK-2: 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) GX BLAK Performance Series
Atlas [1] [2] Hamamatsu→Liaoning: Japan→China 1943–1986 2004–present. Atlas Piano and Instrument Manufacturing (Dalian) Co. Ltd is a musical instrument manufacturing company that Japan atlas piano manufacturing Co., Ltd. whole moved to China and invested and registered in Dalian Free Trade Zone. Apollo [3] Hamamatsu: Japan 1948–present
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 the 1970s, hammered-string electric pianos returned to commercial production, beginning with Yamaha's CP-70 and CP-80, followed by models by Kawai Musical Instruments and Helpinstill. In the 1980s, with the advent of the digital piano , the electric grand piano declined in popularity, and production ultimately ceased.
As of the late 1990s, Young Chang, at the time known as Young Chang Akki Company, [1]: 3–1 was among the largest of the world's manufacturers of pianos, alongside Samick, Yamaha and Kawai, [1]: xiii and one of five multinationals producing pianos. [1]: 3–1 Young Chang reported sales in the United States, China, Canada, Korea and the ...
As of 1 February 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation. [19] Yamaha electronics have proven to be successful, popular, and respected products. For example, the Yamaha YPG-625 was awarded "Keyboard of the Year" and "Product of the Year" in 2007 from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine. [20]
Run by the Walter family, to which many of the workers belong, [1] [2] the company hand-crafts its pianos in an Elkhart factory. [3] In 1969, Charles Walter, formerly the head of Piano Design and Developmental Engineering at C.G. Conn, [4] bought the Janssen piano name from Conn. He founded a company to make pianos under the Janssen name. [5]
A Wurlitzer model 112 electric piano with a guitar amplifier.. An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into electrical signals by pickups (either magnetic, electrostatic, or piezoelectric).