Piano Name: Pearl River Website: Pearl River Model: EU110 Made in: China Parent Company: Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 43″ 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 square feet of manufacturing space… Read More
Piano Name: Hailun Website: Hailun Pianos Model: HU121 Made in: China Parent Company: Ningbo Hailun Musical Instruments Co. Ltd. Company Location: China Height: 48″ 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
I’ve heard this statement many times before: “I’m just doing my research on what piano to buy”. But what does this actually mean? What do people research when they say that they’re examining a piano? Isn’t a piano just a piano? They’re shiny, they have 88 keys with 3 pedals, right? While that is a… Read More
Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: S7X Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Length: 7′ 6″ History: Introduced in 2017, the SX series bridges the gap between the CX production line and the completely hand made CF line. It has many of the concert CF features yet integrating CX production techniques.… Read More
Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: S5X Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Length: 6′ 7″ History: Introduced in 2017, the SX series bridges the gap between the CX production line and the completely hand made CF line. It has many of the concert CF features yet integrating CX production techniques.… Read More
Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: S3X Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Length: 6′ 1″ History: Introduced in 2017, the SX series bridges the gap between the CX production line and the completely hand made CF line. It has many of the concert CF features yet integrating CX production techniques.… Read More
Piano Name: Yamaha Website: Yamaha Model: CFX Made in: Japan Parent Company: Yamaha Corporation Company Location: Japan Length: 9′ 0″ 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… Read More
Samick JS131 Upright Piano Piano Name: Samick Website: Samick Model: JS-131 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 52″ 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 and… Read More
Knabe WMG610 Grand Piano Piano Name: Knabe Website: Knabe Model: WMG-610 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Length: 5’9″ 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
Knabe WKV132 Upright Piano Piano Name: Knabe Website: Knabe Model: WKV-132 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 51.5″ 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