Piano Name: Mason & Hamlin Website: Mason & Hamlin Model: B Made in: USA Parent Company: Mason & Hamlin Piano Co. Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 4″ History: Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin established their reed organ company in the year 1854. By 1883, Mason & Hamlin started manufacturing pianos. After undergoing many ownership changes… Read More
“I shall build an Arpicembalo!” stated Cristofori excitedly. The year was 1698 and his new invention literally translated means “harp-harpsichord”. It would be a new instrument that would sound like a harp and have keys like a harpsichord. Harpsichords have plucked strings but this new invention would have mallets that strike the strings. It was… Read More
Piano Name: Mason & Hamlin Website: Mason & Hamlin Model: A Made in: USA Parent Company: Mason & Hamlin Piano Co. Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 8″ History: Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin established their reed organ company in the year 1854. By 1883, Mason & Hamlin started manufacturing pianos. After undergoing many ownership changes… Read More
Piano Name: Mason & Hamlin Website: Mason & Hamlin Model: 50 Made in: USA Parent Company: Mason & Hamlin Piano Co. Company Location: USA Height: 50″ History: Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin established their reed organ company in the year 1854. By 1883, Mason & Hamlin started manufacturing pianos. After undergoing many ownership changes spanning… Read More
The teacher has said, “your son/daughter is advancing and you need to consider upgrading your piano to something better”. This begs the question, “Why do we need to upgrade? And what’s inferior about my existing piano that makes it inadequate?” These are both valid questions. … Read More
Mason & Hamlin have expanded their line to include 2 other tiers of pianos. These are the Artist and Classic lines. The Virtuoso X series is the premier line made in the USA while both the Artist and Classic series are made in China as a more affordable option. The Artist differentiates from the Classic… Read More
Abel is world reknown specializing in hammer manufacturing. It was my pleasure to meet Norbert Abel last month and have him shed some light on the piano hammer making… Read More
When speaking earlier this year with Kirk Burgett, president of Mason & Hamlin and WNG, we touched on various aspects of their pianos that have been re-designed with ‘outside the box’ thinking. One such concept is hammer shanks… Read More
