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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.
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,
The pianos were made in Qingdao, China, using Alaskan Sitka spruce soundboards and Japanese hammer felt, according to the company. [49] Upright piano model numbers begin with UH, grand piano model numbers begin with GH and console models begin with CH. America Sejung also produced George Steck and Falcone pianos.
In 1835 or 1836 Lindeman began manufacturing his own pianos, and according to the 1875 article he employed a single journeyman. His initial address was listed at 48 William Street; [2] by 1836 he established a small factory at the corner of Bank and Fourth streets, but reportedly removed to work for piano makers Gerding & Simon on Long Island as a result of the bank crisis of 1837.
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.
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 ...
The age of any particular Blüthner piano can be determined by matching its serial number to the age table freely available on the Blüthner website. [8] Recordings made with instruments by Blüthner. Yury Martynov. Beethoven-Liszt. Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8. Label: Zig-Zag Territoires. Played on a Blüthner piano from about 1867. Yury Martynov ...
Its pianos were sold by "a large number of branch houses and hundreds of agencies" including ones in "the principal cities of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia". Its Conover pianos were noted as belonging to "the highest grade manufactured". [7] In 1924, the company had a store in Knoxville, Tennessee, but had closed its store in Chattanooga ...