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Antique upright and grand pianos. [33] Kawai [34] Hamamatsu: Japan 1927–present: Also manufactures Shigeru Kawai grand pianos. [34] Also has its own line of artists. [35] Maene [36] Ruiselede: Belgium 1938–present: Mason & Hamlin [37] Boston: US 1854–present: Burgett, Inc. Has changed hands and factories many times in its history.
Kawai custom made concert grand piano for Yoshiki (1993) Kawai grand pianos have evolved steadily over the decades from the Model 500/600 built in the 1960s and 1970s, to the KG Series in the 1980s and early 1990s that became popular among teachers and institutions. During these years, Kawai grand pianos earned a reputation for long-term ...
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,
Low numbers: 00000001 is most prized, but 00000002 to 00000100 are considered valuable. "Ladders": A sequential serial number, like 12345678 or 32109876. Palindromes: Say, 45288254 or 02100120.
A star replaces the letter at the end of the serial number — in this case the bill was serial number L 00000007 * — and is used when an imperfect sheet is found after the serial number has ...
Monington & Weston pianos are now made in China but finished in the UK. [5] Charles Thomas Watts was a master wood carver and he was invited to become a director of the company on the condition that he only did wood carvings on Monington & Weston pianos. It was he who introduced his son William (who became the owner in 1911) to the company.
Tokai uses a seven-digit serial number usually pressed into the back of the headstock for the Gibson model replicas. Love Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX=1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX=1989. Reborn models use only the first digit for the year, 800XXXX = 1978.
The Kawai Piano company of Japan has in recent years created an action out of an ABS styran/carbon composite. There are no independent reviews of this method. The Wessel, Nickel and Gross company makes custom actions for grand pianos (and uprights) that are also epoxy carbon fiber. Unlike Kawai, WNG uses composite material for the hammer shank ...