THE BLUEBOOK OF PIANOS
Piano Age and Piano Brand Names Registry 1900 to 2015
2010 Current Brand Names 20150 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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