Piano Name: Essex Website: Essex Model: EGP-173 Made in: China Parent Company: Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 8″ History: Introduced in 2001, Essex is the name of Steinway’s cost effective piano line. Steinway designed, built by Pearl River in China to Steinway’s specifications. Dimensions: 5’8″x59″ or 1m 73cm x 151cm Available… Read More

Review: The Yamaha GB1K carries the classic lines of Yamaha’s famous G and C series grands. While the new models ending in X (ie C2X or S7X) have the newly designed cabinet, the GB1K carries on the traditional style lines. Measuring in at 5′ long, this baby grand is considered the entry level. But make… Read More

Wyman WG170 Grand Piano Piano Name: Wyman Website: Wyman Model: WG170 Made in: China Parent Company: Wyman Piano Company Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 7″ History: Established by two former Baldwin executives Tim Laskey and George Benson in 2002. Although a relatively new company, all pianos are manufactured by Beijing Hsinghai Piano Group in China… Read More

Wyman WG160 Grand Piano Piano Name: Wyman Website: Wyman Model: WG160 Made in: China Parent Company: Wyman Piano Company Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 3″ History: Established by two former Baldwin executives Tim Laskey and George Benson in 2002. Although a relatively new company, all pianos are manufactured by Beijing Hsinghai Piano Group in China… Read More

Piano Name: Ritmuller Website: Ritmuller Model: R8 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Length: 4′ 11.5″ History: Located in Guangzhou, China, Pearl River Piano Group has become the largest piano manufacturer in the world, with a production of over 140,000 pianos annually by more than 4,000 workers.… Read More

Knabe WG54 Grand Piano Piano Name: Knabe Website: Knabe Model: WG-54 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Length: 5’4″ History: William Knabe established his company in Baltimore, USA in the year 1839 and remained in the family until 1906. As a well established name, the Knabe company became part of… Read More

Wyman WG145 Grand Piano Piano Name: Wyman Website: Wyman Model: WG145 Made in: China Parent Company: Wyman Piano Company Company Location: USA Length: 4′ 9″ History: Established by two former Baldwin executives Tim Laskey and George Benson in 2002. Although a relatively new company, all pianos are manufactured by Beijing Hsinghai Piano Group in China… Read More

Pramberger LG157 Grand Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: LG-157 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Length: 5′ 2″ History: In 1958, Joseph Pramberger started working for Steinway & Sons where he was a design and project engineer, later as VP of manufacturing. In 1987 he started his own… Read More

Piano Name: Gerhard Heintzman Website: Out of Business Model: G152 Made in: China Parent Company: Heintzman Piano Company, Ltd. Company Location: Canada Length: 5′ 0″ History: Canadian in origin, established in 1877. The original Gerhard Heintzman piano was discontinued in 1927. The Heintzman company (separate company from Gerhard Heintzman) stopped production in Canada in 1981… Read More