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 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
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
Piano Name: Kawai Website: Kawai Model: K500 Made in: Japan Parent Company: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Company Location: Japan Height: 51″ History: The Kawai company was formed in 1927 by a group consisting of Koichi Kawai and 7 of his colleagues. By 1955 Shigeru Kawai led the company into modern manufacturing and by… Read More
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
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
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
Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: U1 Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Height: 48″ Impressions: The Yamaha U1 upright piano remains one of the ‘workhorse’ instruments in the musical community. At 48″ tall (121 cm), it is a veritable power house for sound. When asked what the difference is between… Read More
Piano Name: Ritmuller Website: Ritmuller Model: UH-132R Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 52″ 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: UH-121R Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 48″ 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
