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Piano Age and Piano Brand Names Registry 1900 to 2015

2010 Current Brand Names 20150

 
Astin-Weight
Baldwin
Bechstein,
Bluthner
Bohemia
Bosendorfer
Boston
Brodmann
Cable, Hobart M.
Cable-Nelson
Chase, A.B.
Conover-Cable
Cristofori
Disklavier
Ebel, Carl
Essex
Estonia
Everett
Falcone
Fandrich& Sons
Fazioli
Feurich
Förster, August
Grotrian
Gulbransen ...
Haessler
Hailun
Hallett, Davis & Co.
Hardman, Peck & Co.
Heintzman & Co.
Hoffmann,W.
Kawai
Kawai, Shigeru
Kemble
Kimball
Knabe,Wm.
Kohler & Campbell
Mason & Hamlin
May Berlin
Meister, Otto
Miller, Henry F.
Nordiska
Palatino
Pearl River
Perzina, Gebr.
Petrof
Piano Disc
Pramberger
Remington ...
Ritmuller
Samick
Sauter
Schimmel
Schulze Pollmann
Seiler
Sejung 
Sohmer & Co.
Sohmer
Steck, Geo
Steigerman
Steinberg, Gerh.
Steinberg, Wilh.
Steingraeber & Söhne
Steinway & Sons
Story & Clark
Suzuki
Vogel
Vose & Sons
Walter, Charles R.
Weber
Weinbach
Wyman
Yamaha
Young Chang ...
 

1980 Brand Names 2009

 

In 1980, there were about 80 brand names on the new piano market! There were also thousands of discontinued brand names on the used piano market! To add to the confusion, brand names change hands. A manufacturer may purchase the name, and then produce a piano which is of lower or higher quality than that which the brand name originally implied. You should investigate the history of the brand name to learn of such changes. At least a dozen manufacturers make professional quality pianos, having the finest mechanism inside a limited selection of the finest furniture. Other manufacturers may stress external appearance at the expense of mechanical quality by offering a larger selection of fancy furniture styles. The public, by its purchases, decide what types are the most desirable.

 
Acrosonic
Aeolian
Albrecht, Charles
Altenburg, Otto
Astin-Weight
Astor
Baldwin
Baldwin, D. H.
Bechner
Bechstein, C.
Becker
Becker, J.
Belarus
Bentley
Bergman
Betting, Th.
Blondel, G
Bluthner
Bohemia
Bohemia Piano
Bosendorfer
Boston
Brentwood
Cable, Hobart M.
Carl Ebel
Charles Albrect
Chickering
Classic
Cline
Conn
Daewoo
Diapason
Disklavier
Eavestaff
Ellington
Estonia
Euterpe
Everett
Falcone
Fandrich & Sons
Fazioli
Feinton
Fenner
Feurich
Forster, August
Grotrian (-Steinweg)
Haessler
Haileer
Hamilton
Hampton
Hastings
Heintzman
Helios
Hoffmann, W.
Horugel
Howard
Hupfeld
Hyundai
Ibach
J & C Fischer
Jassen
Jonas Chickering
Kawai
Kawai-Schultz
Kemble
Kimball W. W.
Kingsburg
Klima
Knabe
Knabe, Wm.
Knight
Kohler (& Campbell)
Kranich & Bach
Legnica
Linden
Lowrey
Maeari
Marshall & Rose
Mason & Hamlin
Mecklenburg
Monarch
Monington
Nakamichi
Nakamura
Nakamura-Schultz
Niemayer
Nordiska
Nordpiano
Otto Meister
Overs-Steinbach
Pearl River
Petrof
Pfeiffer
PianoDisc
Pianova
Pleyel
Pramberger
Prince
Princess
Ridgewood
Rieger-Kloss
Ritmuller
Rosler, W.
Roth & Junius
Rud. Ibach Sohn
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Sagenhaft
Samick
Sangler & Sohne
Sauter
Schafer & Sons
Schiedmayer
Schimmel
Schirmer & Son
Scholze
Schubert
Schultz & Sons
Schulze Pollman
Schumann
Seidl & Sohn
Seiler, Ed.
Shanghai Piano
Sherman Clay
Shingeru-Kawai
Shirmer, R.
Schulze
Sohmer
Sojin
Steck, Geoge
Stegler
Steinbach
Steinberg, Wilh.
Steiner, Bernhard
Steingraeber & Sohne
Steinmann, Wilh.
Steinmayer
Steinway & Sons
Story & Clark
Strauss
Tadashi
Thurmer, Ferd.
Tokai
Wagner
Waldstein
Walter, Charles R.
Weber
Welmar
Weinbach
Westbrook
Wieler
Woodchester
Wurlitzer
Xinghai
Yamaha
Young Chang
Zimmermann
 

1960 Brand Names 1979

 
Acrosonic
Aeolian
Albrecht, Charles
Altenburg, Otto
Astin-Weight
Astor
Baldwin
Baldwin, D. H.
Bechner
Bechstein, C.
Becker
Becker, J.
Belarus
Bentley
Bergman
Betting, Th.
Blondel, G
Bluthner
Bohemia
Bohemia Piano
Bosendorfer
Boston
Brentwood
Cable, Hobart M.
Carl Ebel
Charles Albrect
Chickering
Classic
Cline
Conn
Daewoo
Diapason
Disklavier
Eavestaff
Ellington
Estonia
Euterpe
Everett
Falcone
Fandrich & Sons
Fazioli
Feinton
Fenner
Feurich
Forster, August
Grotrian (-Steinweg)
Haessler
Haileer
Hamilton
Hampton
Hastings
Heintzman
Helios
Hoffmann, W.
Horugel
Howard
Hupfeld
Hyundai
Ibach
J & C Fischer
Jassen
Jonas Chickering
Kawai
Kawai-Schultz
Kemble
Kimball W. W.
Kingsburg
Klima
Knabe
Knabe, Wm.
Knight
Kohler (& Campbell)
Kranich & Bach
Legnica
Linden
Lowrey
Maeari
Marshall & Rose
Mason & Hamlin
Mecklenburg
Monarch
Monington
Nakamichi
Nakamura
Nakamura-Schultz
Niemayer
Nordiska
Nordpiano
Otto Meister
Overs-Steinbach
Pearl River
Petrof
Pfeiffer
PianoDisc
Pianova
Pleyel
Pramberger
Prince
Princess
Ridgewood
Rieger-Kloss
Ritmuller
Rosler, W.
Roth & Junius
Rud. Ibach Sohn
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Sagenhaft
Samick
Sangler & Sohne
Sauter
Schafer & Sons
Schiedmayer
Schimmel
Schirmer & Son
Scholze
Schubert
Schultz & Sons
Schulze Pollman
Schumann
Seidl & Sohn
Seiler, Ed.
Shanghai Piano
Sherman Clay
Shingeru-Kawai
Shirmer, R.
Schulze
Sohmer
Sojin
Steck, Geoge
Stegler
Steinbach
Steinberg, Wilh.
Steiner, Bernhard
Steingraeber & Sohne
Steinmann, Wilh.
Steinmayer
Steinway & Sons
Story & Clark
Strauss
Tadashi
Thurmer, Ferd.
Tokai
Wagner
Waldstein
Walter, Charles R.
Weber
Welmar
Weinbach
Westbrook
Wieler
Woodchester
Wurlitzer
Xinghai
Yamaha
Young Chang
Zimmermann
 

1930 Brand Names 1959

 
Acrosonic
Aeolian
Albrecht, Charles
Altenburg, Otto
Astin-Weight
Astor
Baldwin
Baldwin, D. H.
Bechner
Bechstein, C.
Becker
Becker, J.
Belarus
Bentley
Bergman
Betting, Th.
Blondel, G
Bluthner
Bohemia
Bohemia Piano
Bosendorfer
Boston
Brentwood
Cable, Hobart M.
Carl Ebel
Charles Albrect
Chickering
Classic
Cline
Conn
Daewoo
Diapason
Disklavier
Eavestaff
Ellington
Estonia
Euterpe
Everett
Falcone
Fandrich & Sons
Fazioli
Feinton
Fenner
Feurich
Forster, August
Grotrian (-Steinweg)
Haessler
Haileer
Hamilton
Hampton
Hastings
Heintzman
Helios
Hoffmann, W.
Horugel
Howard
Hupfeld
Hyundai
Ibach
J & C Fischer
Jassen
Jonas Chickering
Kawai
Kawai-Schultz
Kemble
Kimball W. W.
Kingsburg
Klima
Knabe
Knabe, Wm.
Knight
Kohler (& Campbell)
Kranich & Bach
Legnica
Linden
Lowrey
Maeari
Marshall & Rose
Mason & Hamlin
Mecklenburg
Monarch
Monington
Nakamichi
Nakamura
Nakamura-Schultz
Niemayer
Nordiska
Nordpiano
Otto Meister
Overs-Steinbach
Pearl River
Petrof
Pfeiffer
PianoDisc
Pianova
Pleyel
Pramberger
Prince
Princess
Ridgewood
Rieger-Kloss
Ritmuller
Rosler, W.
Roth & Junius
Rud. Ibach Sohn
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Sagenhaft
Samick
Sangler & Sohne
Sauter
Schafer & Sons
Schiedmayer
Schimmel
Schirmer & Son
Scholze
Schubert
Schultz & Sons
Schulze Pollman
Schumann
Seidl & Sohn
Seiler, Ed.
Shanghai Piano
Sherman Clay
Shingeru-Kawai
Shirmer, R.
Schulze
Sohmer
Sojin
Steck, Geoge
Stegler
Steinbach
Steinberg, Wilh.
Steiner, Bernhard
Steingraeber & Sohne
Steinmann, Wilh.
Steinmayer
Steinway & Sons
Story & Clark
Strauss
Tadashi
Thurmer, Ferd.
Tokai
Wagner
Waldstein
Walter, Charles R.
Weber
Welmar
Weinbach
Westbrook
Wieler
Woodchester
Wurlitzer
Xinghai
Yamaha
Young Chang
Zimmermann
 

1900 Brand Names 1929

 
Acrosonic
Aeolian
Albrecht, Charles
Altenburg, Otto
Astin-Weight
Astor
Baldwin
Baldwin, D. H.
Bechner
Bechstein, C.
Becker
Becker, J.
Belarus
Bentley
Bergman
Betting, Th.
Blondel, G
Bluthner
Bohemia
Bohemia Piano
Bosendorfer
Boston
Brentwood
Cable, Hobart M.
Carl Ebel
Charles Albrect
Chickering
Classic
Cline
Conn
Daewoo
Diapason
Disklavier
Eavestaff
Ellington
Estonia
Euterpe
Everett
Falcone
Fandrich & Sons
Fazioli
Feinton
Fenner
Feurich
Forster, August
Grotrian (-Steinweg)
Haessler
Haileer
Hamilton
Hampton
Hastings
Heintzman
Helios
Hoffmann, W.
Horugel
Howard
Hupfeld
Hyundai
Ibach
J & C Fischer
Jassen
Jonas Chickering
Kawai
Kawai-Schultz
Kemble
Kimball W. W.
Kingsburg
Klima
Knabe
Knabe, Wm.
Knight
Kohler (& Campbell)
Kranich & Bach
Legnica
Linden
Lowrey
Maeari
Marshall & Rose
Mason & Hamlin
Mecklenburg
Monarch
Monington
Nakamichi
Nakamura
Nakamura-Schultz
Niemayer
Nordiska
Nordpiano
Otto Meister
Overs-Steinbach
Pearl River
Petrof
Pfeiffer
PianoDisc
Pianova
Pleyel
Pramberger
Prince
Princess
Ridgewood
Rieger-Kloss
Ritmuller
Rosler, W.
Roth & Junius
Rud. Ibach Sohn
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Sagenhaft
Samick
Sangler & Sohne
Sauter
Schafer & Sons
Schiedmayer
Schimmel
Schirmer & Son
Scholze
Schubert
Schultz & Sons
Schulze Pollman
Schumann
Seidl & Sohn
Seiler, Ed.
Shanghai Piano
Sherman Clay
Shingeru-Kawai
Shirmer, R.
Schulze
Sohmer
Sojin
Steck, Geoge
Stegler
Steinbach
Steinberg, Wilh.
Steiner, Bernhard
Steingraeber & Sohne
Steinmann, Wilh.
Steinmayer
Steinway & Sons
Story & Clark
Strauss
Tadashi
Thurmer, Ferd.
Tokai
Wagner
Waldstein
Walter, Charles R.
Weber
Welmar
Weinbach
Westbrook
Wieler
Woodchester
Wurlitzer
Xinghai
Yamaha
Young Chang
Zimmermann

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