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Pleyel et Cie. ("Pleyel and Company") is a French piano manufacturing firm founded by the composer Ignace Pleyel in 1807. [2] In 1815, Pleyel's son Camille joined him as a business partner. The firm provided pianos to Frédéric Chopin , [ 3 ] who considered Pleyel pianos to be "non plus ultra". [ 4 ]
They built a full line of upright pianos, player pianos, and grand pianos. It was acquired circa 1910; went out of business in the Great Depression. Beale Piano: Sydney: Australia 1893–1975 Becker Brothers: New York: US 1892–1940 They Also built pianos under the Bennington name, and player pianos under the Mellotone and Playernola name as well.
Particularly important among the exhibits are two pianos manufactured by Pleyel et Cie, the company founded by Ignaz Pleyel. There is a grand piano, made in January 1831, marked Opus 1614. It is playable and has been used for commercial recordings. The museum also has a square piano made by the company, marked Opus 7134, acquired in 2003 ...
The piano firm Pleyel et Cie was founded by Ignace Pleyel and continued by Pleyel's son Camille (1788–1855), a piano virtuoso who became his father's business partner as of 1815. The firm provided pianos used by Frédéric Chopin , who considered Pleyel pianos to be non plus ultra . [ 21 ]
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 ...
After this he gave up teaching to become the pupil and partner of the piano maker Camille Pleyel, who, being old and infirm, was looking out for a dependable assistant. Wolff entered Pleyel et Cie in 1850, became a member in 1852, and, on the death of Pleyel in 1855, succeeded to the headship of the company.
C. Bechstein suffered huge property losses in London, Paris, and St. Petersburg during World War I. The largest loss was in London. Although the company's position in the United Kingdom was initially unaffected, with the company still listed as holding a royal warrant in January 1915, [14] warrants to both King George V, and his wife Queen Mary were cancelled on 13 April 1915. [15]
The five grand piano models include the salon grand of 170 cm and 192 cm in length, the chamber concert grand of 212 cm, the semi-concert grand of 232 cm, and the concert grand of 276 cm. The production of the smallest piano takes about seven months, and the production of the largest grand piano takes about 14 months.