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
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 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
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
W. Hoffmann T122 Upright Piano Piano Name: W. Hoffmann Website: W. Hoffmann Model: T122 Made in: Czech Republic Parent Company: C. Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik Company Location: Germany Height: 48″ 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
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
