Piano Name: Ritmuller Website: Ritmuller Model: UP-121RB Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 47.5″ 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. PRPG… Read More
Piano Name: Ritmuller Website: Ritmuller Model: UP110RB1 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 43.5″ 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. PRPG… Read More
Pearl River EU122 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pearl River Website: Pearl River Model: EU122 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 48″ History: Established in 1954, Guangzhou, China, Pearl River is the largest piano builder in the world surpassing 100,000 pianos annually. They have over 1.3 million… Read More
Pramberger LV115 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: LV-115 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 45″ 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 company… Read More
Young Chang Y118 Upright Piano Piano Name: Young Chang Website: Young Chang Model: Y118 Made in: China Parent Company: Young Chang Music Company Location: Korea Height: 46.5″ History: Established by three brothers in 1956, this was the first musical instrument company in South Korea. By mid 1980’s, Young Chang had established itself as a global… Read More
Pramberger LV43T Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: LV43T Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 43″ 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 company… Read More
On this latest trip to China, I managed to catch a glimpse into the transformation of Pearl River Piano. Already the largest piano company in the world manufacturing more than 130,000 pianos annually, Pearl River Piano has its sights set on even greater advancement.
One hundred thirty thousand pianos annually equates into about 400 pianos being manufactured per day. Imagine though what it must be like to produce 400 pianos daily. With roughly 225 tuning pins…… Read More
Pearl River EU118 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pearl River Website: Pearl River Model: EU118 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 46.5″ History: Established in 1954, Guangzhou, China, Pearl River is the largest piano builder in the world surpassing 100,000 pianos annually. They have over 1.3 million… Read More
Review: The brochure pictures don’t do justice to the cabinets on the Pearl River EU111. The cabinets are beautiful in person and would comfortably fit into any home environment. The touch on the EU111 upright piano is consistent throughout and I found the tone to be modest in both the bass and mid range while… Read More
Recently I sat down with June Wang from Pearl River Piano Group and corresponded with Rob Slayman from Schimmel Piano to discuss their strategic alliance as I was curious how it had affected both companies. It was announced at NAMM 2016 that Pearl River had purchased a controlling interest in the Schimmel company.
Why do piano companies purchase other piano companies? We hear of company mergers in the news all the time. What is the impetus – the driving force for one piano company to acquire another piano company? If we paint with large brush strokes, on one side there is massive demand to be fulfilled in China. Nearly 80% of the world’s piano purchases happen in China.… Read More
