Brodmann AS132 Upright Piano

Piano Name: Brodmann Website: Brodmann Model: AS-132 Made in: Germany Parent Company: Parsons Music Corporation Company Location: China Height: 52″ History: Joseph Brodmann was a piano maker in the early 1800’s employing the young apprentice Ignaz Bösendorfer. Bösendorfer took over Brodmann’s production in 1828. But in 2004, two former Bösendorfer executives re-established the Brodmann name… Read More

Yamaha YUS3 Upright Piano

Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: YUS3 Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Height: 52″ History: In 1887 a watchmaker by the name of Torakusu Yamaha founded Japan’s first reed organ company. By 1899 he traveled to the USA to learn how to build pianos and started making grand and upright… Read More

Yamaha U3 Upright Piano

Yamaha U3 Upright Piano Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: U3 Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Height: 52″ Impressions: Over the last few decades I’ve had the opportunity to play hundreds of Yamaha U3 pianos. They have become so popular that people ask for them by model. Consumers come into… Read More

Kayserburg KA121 Upright Piano

Piano Name: Kayserburg Website: Kayserburg Model: KA121 Made in: China Parent Company: Pearl River Piano Group Company Location: China Height: 47.5″ History: Pearl River Piano Group (PRPG) is officially the largest piano company in the world producing over 140,000 pianos annually. They are built by a separate team of piano makers within Pearl River and… Read More

W. Hoffmann V126 Upright Piano

W. Hoffmann V126 Upright Piano Piano Name: W. Hoffmann Website: W. Hoffmann Model: V126 Made in: Czech Republic Parent Company: C. Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik Company Location: Germany Height: 49.5″ History: W. Hoffmann pianos have been in existence since 1893 and were first manufactured in Berlin. For a time the Hoffmann name was manufactured by Feurich.… Read More

W. Hoffmann V120 Upright Piano

W. Hoffmann V120 Upright Piano Piano Name: W. Hoffmann Website: W. Hoffmann Model: V120 Made in: Czech Republic Parent Company: C. Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik Company Location: Germany Height: 47″ History: W. Hoffmann pianos have been in existence since 1893 and were first manufactured in Berlin. For a time the Hoffmann name was manufactured by Feurich.… Read More

W. Hoffmann V112 Upright Piano

Piano Name: W. Hoffmann Website: W. Hoffmann Model: V112 Made in: Czech Republic Parent Company: C. Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik Company Location: Germany Height: 44″ History: W. Hoffmann pianos have been in existence since 1893 and were first manufactured in Berlin. For a time the Hoffmann name was manufactured by Feurich. As of 1986, Bechstein acquired… Read More

Hailun HU9P Upright Piano

Piano Name: Hailun Website: Hailun Pianos Model: HU9P Made in: China Parent Company: Ningbo Hailun Musical Instruments Co. Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 52″ History: Mr. and Mrs. Hailun Chen started manufacturing piano parts in 1986. By 1995, complete pianos were being manufactured in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. Today it has expanded to 430,000 square… Read More

Boston UP126E Upright Piano

Piano Name: Boston Website: Boston Model: UP-126E Made in: Japan Parent Company: Steinway Company Location: USA Height: 50″ History: Introduced in 1992, Boston is the name of Steinway’s middle line of pianos. Steinway designed, built by Kawai to Steinway’s specifications. With the exception of the UP118, built in Indonesia, all other pianos are manufactured in… Read More

Why Upgrade to a Professional Level Piano?

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