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
Pramberger PV131 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: PV-131 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 52″ 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
Pramberger JP118 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: JP-118 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 46.5″ 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
Pramberger PV121 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: PV-121 Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 48″ 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
Pramberger PV118 Upright Piano Piano Name: Pramberger Website: Pramberger Model: PV-118R Made in: Indonesia Parent Company: Samick Music Corp. Company Location: Korea Height: 48″ 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
Piano Name: Boston Website: Boston Model: UP-118E Made in: Japan Parent Company: Steinway Company Location: USA Height: 46″ 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 UP118S, built in Indonesia, all other Boston pianos ending in… Read More
Piano Name: Essex Website: Essex Model: EUP-116E Made in: China Parent Company: Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. Company Location: USA Height: 45″ 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: 46″x60″x26″ or 116-118cm x 149-154cm x 64-67cm Available… 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
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
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
