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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 ]
United Piano Makers: New York: US 1860–1880 Vose & Sons: Boston: US 1851–1985 Aeolian Company: W. Ritmüller & Sohn: Göttingen: Germany 1795–1933 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 ...
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,
Gaveau of Paris was a French piano manufacturer. The company was established by Joseph Gabriel Gaveau in 1847 in Paris and was one of the three largest piano makers in France (after Érard and Pleyel). Its factory was located at Fontenay-sous-Bois. Some Gaveau pianos were constructed with art cabinets.
Piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons has unveiled a limited edition of its classic grand piano, in collaboration with renowned French designer, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.
PLG150-AP — sampling grand piano, based on Yamaha NEW CFIIIS; PLG150-DR — drum sound, equivalent to drum part of Motif; PLG100-DX — plug-in board version of DX7; PLG150-DX — successor of PLG100-DX, compatible with DX7; PLG150-PC — percussion sound, based on Latin Groove Factory/Q Up Arts; PLG150-PF — PCM piano sound
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 ...
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel (French:; German:; 18 June 1757 – 14 November 1831) was an Austrian composer, music publisher [1] and piano builder of the Classical period. [2] He grew up in Austria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire ), and was educated there; in his mid-twenties he moved to France, and was based in France for the rest of his life.