Young Chang Y150 Grand Piano Piano Name: Young Chang Website: Young Chang Model: Y150 Made in: China Parent Company: Young Chang Music Company Location: Korea Length: 4′ 11″ 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… 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

Samick SIG48 Grand Piano Piano Name: Samick Website: Samick Model: SIG-48 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Length: 4′ 8″ History: Started by Hyo Ick Lee in 1958, the Samick company started producing easy to build upright pianos for domestic market in Korea. By 1964, the company had grown considerably… Read More

Pearl River GP150 Grand Piano Piano Name: Pearl River Website: Pearl River Model: GP-150 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Length: 4′ 11″ 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… Read More

Knabe WG48 Grand Piano Piano Name: Knabe Website: Knabe Model: WG-49 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Length: 4’9″ 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

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

Piano Name: Essex Website: Essex Model: EGP-155 Made in: China Parent Company: Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. Company Location: USA Length: 5′ 1″ 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: 5’2″x60.5″ or 1m 55cm x 151cm Available… Read More

Schimmel K132 Upright Piano Piano Name: Schimmel Website: Schimmel Model: K132 Made in: Germany Parent Company: Pearl River majority shareholder in Schimmel alliance Company Location: China Height: 52″ History: In 1882, Wilhelm Schimmel learned piano making at the Vogel & Sohn factory in Leipzig, Germany. Now 4th generation Hannes Schimmel-Vogel directs the family business of… Read More

Schimmel K125 Upright Piano Piano Name: Schimmel Website: Schimmel Model: K125 Made in: Germany Parent Company: Pearl River majority shareholder in Schimmel alliance Company Location: China Height: 49″ History: In 1882, Wilhelm Schimmel learned piano making at the Vogel & Sohn factory in Leipzig, Germany. Now 4th generation Hannes Schimmel-Vogel directs the family business of… Read More