Piano Brands: Whats The Story?
Manufacturers like Steinway, Yamaha, and Kawai are synonymous with pianos today and each produces their unique signature pianos. But, that is not always the case, and the name you see on the front of a piano doesn’t necessarily correlate to who manufactured it. Sometimes, what appears to be a familiar piano brand is just a “stencil piano” using that name for recognition. This often applies to old brand names, re-used to give off an heir of heritage to a new piano line, or to pianos manufactured specifically for individual dealers or shops. Some factories produce dozens of differently branded pianos using essentially the same base instrument with a different logo, finish, etc. We see so many different piano names come through the store that it can be mind-boggling to keep it all straight. (just scroll to the bottom of this page to see a list) As you start to look deeper into the multitude of names emblazoned on pianos, we wonder about... Piano Brands: What’s The Story?
Below is a partial list showing the mind-boggling amount of piano brands that have been manufactured. In this list, only a handful of the names are manufacturing their own pianos and many of the names are associated with "stencil pianos."
- Aarhus Pianofabrik
A.B. Chase
Ackerman & Lowe
Ackerman, F.J.
Acoustgrand
Acrosonic
Adam, F.
Adam, G.
Adam, M.
Adams
Aeolian
Aerts
Ajello
Albert
Albert & Co.
Albion
Albrecht
Alden
Aldrich
Alexander
Alex Steinbach
Alfred Rohr, Leipzig
Allgäuer
Allison
Allmendiger
Alois Kern
Altenburg, Frederick
Altenburg, Otto
American Pianos
American Music
Amherst
Ammer
Amphion
American Piano Company (Ampico)
Amyl
Anderson
Anderson Bros.
Anderson Co.
Anderson Sons
Andreas
André
Andreys
Anelli
Angerhöfer
Apollo
Arcade
Archer
Arion Pianofabrik
Arirang
Armstrong
Army & Navy
Arnold
Artfield
Artmann
Asahi
Ashenback
Askolin
Astin-Weight
Astor
Atlas
Auburn
Aucher
August Förster
Auto Piano Co. - Babcock, Alpheus
Babcock, Lewis & Alpheus
Babcock, Appleton & Babcock
Bach
Bachman
Bacon, Francis
Baer, C.
Bailey
Baldorr & Sons
Baldur
Baldwin
Baltica
Bannerman
Barber London
Barker
Barnes
Barrat & Robinson
Barthol
Bartlett
Bauer
Bauer, J.
Baumbach
Baumeister
Baumgardt
Baus
Bay
Beale
Bechner
Bechstein, C.
Bechtel
Becker
Becker, J.
Becker Bros.
Behning & Klix
Behning & Sons
Behr Brothers Piano Company
Bekker
Belarus
Belehredek
Bell Piano & Organ Co.
Bellak & Sons
Bellman
Bellmont
Benjamin
Benedict Brothers
Benkert
Bennington
Bensted and sons, H.G.
Bentley
Berden
Berdux
Beregszaszy
Berger
Bergmann
Bernhard Steiner
Bernstein Wolf
Berry
Betting
Beulhoff
Biber
Beyer-Rahnefeld
Biddle
Bieger
Biese, W.
Billberg
Birke, Willy
Birnbaum
Bishop
Bjur Bros.
Blasius
Blenheim
Blondel, A.
Blondel, G.
Blüthner
Boardman, Gray & Co.
Bocage
Bock & Hinrichsen
Bogart
Bogs & Voigt
Bohemia
Boisselot & Fils
Böhme & Sohn
Börs, Otto
Bord, A.
Borgato, Luigi
Bösendorfer
Boston
Boston Piano Co.
Boyd
Brackett & Robinson
Brackett, J. W.
Bradbury
Bradbury, Wm. B.
Bradford
Brambach
Brandtner, H. Rudolf
Branston
Brasil
Brasted
Breitkopf & Härtel
Bremitz
Brentwood
Bretschneider, Alexander
Breyer
Briem
Briggs
Brinkerhoff
Brinkmann
Brinsmead, John
Bristol
Broadway
Broadwood and Sons
Broadwood White
Brodmann
Brooks
Brother
Brown & Allen
Browning
Bruckner
Brunger
Brunner
Brødrene Hals Christiania
Bulow
Burg van den
Burgasser
Burgdorfer
Burger & Jacobi AG
Burgmuller
Burling Mansfield
Bush & Lane
Bush & Gerts
Butler Bros.
Byelloruss - C. Baer
Cable, Hobart M.
Cable Nelson
Cable Piano Company
Cäcilia
Cahn & Cahn
Calisia
Cameo
Cameron
Camillo
Cappelen
Carl. Kierston
Carlton
Carod
Cauwenberghe
Chaika
Challen
Casio
Challenger
Chappell & Co.
Charles Stieff
Chase, A.B.
Chassaigne
Chavanne
Cherny
Chickering, Jacob
Chickering, Jonas
Chickering & Mackays
Chickering and Sons
Chickering Bros.
Christensen
Christman
Chu-Seng
Clark Melville
Classenti
Classic
Clement
Clementi
Christofori
Chollard
Chollard & Chollard
Cline
Cockuijt
Collard & Collard
Colby
Colonial
Cotto
Conn
Conover
Consolat de Mar
Continental
Conway
Cornish
Cramer
Crane & Sons, Ltd.
Cristofori
Crown
Cuijpers, J.F.
Cunningham Piano Company
Currier & Gilbert
Currier & Co.
Currier Piano Co.
Czapka & Sohn - Daesung
Daewoo
Dale Forty
Dalibor
David à paris
D'almaine
Danemann
Danemann, W
Daniël
Davenport & Treacy
Debain et Cie
De Blaise
Delmar
Dassel
Decker Brothers
Dengler
D'este
Diapason
Dietmann
Diederichs Freres
Disklavier
Dittrich
Dobbert
Does, van der
Döhnert
Doina
Donath, Max
Dörner
Dörneberg
Carl Dörr
Doss, Robert
Dominion Piano and Organ Co.
Dochtermann piano
Doutreligne Piano
Drachman
Dreinhöfer, Wilhelm
Dreyer & Co.
Driggs, Parmelee & Co.
Driggs Patent Piano Co.
Driggs & Tooker
Duck-Son & Pinker
Dulcette
Dunham, John B.
Dunham, John B. & Co.
Dunham & Sons
Duysen
D.W. Karn
Dresden - Eastman
Eavestaff
Ebel & Sohn
Ebel, Carl
Ecke, Carl
Eckstein
Ed. Westermayer
Egtved
Friedrich Ehrbar
Eisenberg
Ekström
Elcké
Elias
Ellington
Elysian
Emerson
Emmer, Wilhelm
Erard & Cie, S.& P.
Erard- London
Erbe, J.
Ernst Jacob, Mechanik Fabrik Berlin CO
Erste Produktiv-Genossenschaft
Ernst Chladni
Essenfelder
Essex
Estey Piano Corp.
Estonia
Eterna
Etyde
Euphona
Europa
Euterpe
Evans
Everett
Evertides - F.Dörner & sohn
Fabbrini
F.Bach
F.Rosener
Albert Fahr
Falcone
Fandrich Piano
Fandrich & Sons
Farfisa
Farrand
Fayette S. Cable
Fazer Musik
Fazioli
Feigl, Alois
Fenner
Feurich
Fibich
Fibiger
Fiedler, Gustav
Finger
Fiona
Fischer, Carl
J&C Fischer
Focké
Focké, Georges
Forenede
Forrest
Foster
Förster & Co.
Förster, August
Francke
French
French Starck
Franz Wolek in Wien
Fritz Dobbert
Fuchs
Fuchs & Möhr
Fuder, G. - Gaveau
Gebr. Perzina
Gebruder Stingl
Geissler, F.
George Steck
Gerard
Gerbstädt
Gerhard Adams
Gerhard Heintzman
Gerstenberger
Gevaert
Geyer
Gilbert Hoffman
Giles Pianos Ltd.
Gillot-Straube
Glos & Pflug, Wien
Glass & Co.
Glenz (Josef) Breslau
Godfrey
Goetze & Co.
Goetze-Gross
Gordon & Bailey
Gordon Laughead
Gourlay
R. Görs & Kallmann
Görs & Spangenberg
Gotha
Gotzmann
Graf, Conrad
Graf, Hermann
Grand
Grande
Gratiae
Grau, F.
Grimm
Grinnell Bros.
Grotrian-Steinweg
Grover
Grunert
Gulbransen
Gunther, J.
Gunther & Sohne
Gustafson & Ljungqvist - Haake, Karl
Haddorff
Hadley
Haegele of Aalen
Haessler
Hagspiel
Hahn, Alb.
Hain, Stephan
Haines Bros.
Haileer
Hailun
Halle &
Hallet, Davis & Co.
Hallett & Cumston
Hallett, Russell
Hals
Hamburger
Hamilton
Hammond
Hampton
Hanlet
Hannon Hall
Hansen, A.
Hansen, Julius
Hillmann
Hansmann, Gebr.
Hardman
Harimatis
Harmsworth & Company
Harold, F.E.
Harrison, V. F.
Hartge, Henry
Hartmann, W.
Harvard
Harwood
Hasche
Hasselaar
Hasseldieck, Dietrich
Hasti Asghari
Hauch, J.B.
Hausmann
Hautrive
Hayelson
Hayes, E. T.
Hayt, Babcock & Appleton
Hayts, Babcock & Appleton
Hazelton & Brother
Hazelton Brothers
Healy
Hedke, Wilh.
Hegeler
Heiden, Carl von
Heinisch
Heintzman & Co.
Heitzmann & Sohn
Heller
Hellas
Hellström
Helmholz
Heppel & Theilig
Hergens, A. G.
Hermann
Herrburger
Herrmann, Alexander
Herz, Henri
Herz Neveu, Philippe
Heyl, Gustav
Hijz, Ernest
Hillgärtner, Heinrich
Hilton
Hindsberg
Hinze
Hlucháň
Hobart M. Cable
Hoek
Hoepfner
Hoerr, Franz
Hofbauer, Gustav
Hoffmann, August
Hoffmann, Georg
Hoffmann, W.
Hoffmann & Kühne
Hofmann
Hofmann & Czerny
Hofmann, Karl
Hofmann & Scholz
Hofmann & Schulze
Hohner
Hölling & Spangenberg
Holzl & Heitzmann
Hoff & Co.
Hopkinson
Hornung & Moeller
Hörügel
Howard
Howard Piano Co.
HsingHai
Hummel
Hundt & Sohn
Hupfeld
Hupfer Pianos
Humphrey, London
Huntington
Hyfte, van C.
Hyundai - Ibach, Rud.
Irmler, J.G. - J. Erbe Eisenach
J. G. Irmler
Jacob Bros.
Jahn
James & Holmstrom
Janowsky, M.
Janssen
Jarret & Goudge
Jasper
Jaschinsky, A.
Jefferson
Jehle
Jelmini
Jewett, Boston
John Raper co.
Jong de
Jørgensen, Brødr.
Julius Bach MFG
Jurkat, C.
Jayel - Kadette
Kadenza
Kaim
Kaim & Gunther
Kaiser
Kann, Georg
Kappler
Kaps, Ernst
Kasselman
Katzmarek & Co.
Kawai Musical Instruments
Keilberg
Keislair
Kemble
Kenny & Sons
Kent & Cooper
Kessels
Kester, Ludwig
Keylard
Kilbourne
Kimball
Kingsburg
Kingsbury
Kirkman
Kirschner
Kisting
Klavins
Klein
Klima
Klingmann
Kloppe, H.
Knabe & Gaehle
Knabe, Gaehle & Co.
Knabe, Wm. & Co.
Knabe Bros.
Knake
Knauer
Knauss
Knight
Knöchel Ad.
Knudsen, J.
Knudsen & Sons
Koch & Korselt
Koch & Co.
H. Kohl
Kohler & Campbell
Kort de
Kraft, Aug.
Krakauer Brothers
Kramer
Kranich & Bach
Krasnii Oktyabr' (Leningrad)
Krause, Max
Krauss
Krell & French
Krell
Kreuizbach
Kreutzbach, Julius
Kreutzer
Kriebel
Kriegelstein
Kriegelstein & Arnaud
Kriegelstein & Plantade
Krumm
Kuhla
Kuhse, Johann
Kunst
Kunz
Kupers
K.Fenner
Kurtzmann & Sons - La Petite
Labrousse
Lager
Lagonda
Lagrima
Lakeside
Lambert
Lancaster
Lauberger & Gloss
Laughead, Gordon
Laurence & Nash
Laurence & Sons, Alex
Legnica
Leguerinais
Lehman
Lehmann, Adolf
Lehmann de Lehnsfeld
Leichel
Leijser
Leipzig
Lerpée, Carl
Lesage
Leschen, Wilhelm
Lester
Leswein
Leutke
Lichtental
Liederstrom
Liehr
Lieshout & Zonen, M. van
Lichtenthal, Hermann
Lighte, F. C.
Lighte & Bradburys
Lighte & Ernst
Lighte & Newton
Lighte, Newton & Bradburys
Lincoln
Lindbergh
Lindeman, Wm.
Lindeman & Sons
Linden
Lindholm
Lindner
Lindner & Sohn, I.P.
Lindsay
Linke
Lipczinsky, Max
Lipp
Lippmann
Lirika
Littmann
Livingstone
Lohmann Piano Co.
Lorenz
Love, Malcolm
Lowrey
Ludwig
Luis Verdugo & Hijo
Lummer, Wilh.
Luner
Lyon & Healy
Lyra
Lyrica - Maeari-Hyundai
Maetzke
Mag
Mage
Magrini
Mahler
Maier,K.
Malmsjö
Mand
Mann, Theodor
Manner & Co.
Manner & Gabler
Mannhorg
Mansfield
Manthey
Marion
Maristany
Martins & Ouvrier
Markx
Marschall & Mittauer
Marshall & Rose
Marshall & Wendell
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Risch
Mathuschek, F.
Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.
Mathushek & Kinkeldey
Mathushek & Kühner
Mathushek & Son
Matthaes
Matz & Co.
Mätzke, Ed.
Max Horn Zwickau
May
McPhail, A. M.
Mecklenburg
Meister
Meldorf
Melford
Melodic
Melville Clark
Menzel
Mercedes
Merkur
Mes, A.
Metropolitan
Meyer, Conrad
Meyer, Herman
Michelle
Mignon
Mikula, Gebr.
Miller, Henry F. Miller (Boston)
Milton, (John)
Minse
Monington & Weston
Moore & Moore
Morley, Robert
Morrison & Harrison
Mörs
Mozart piano company
Müller
Müller-Schiedmayer
Mussard
Muzelle
Mühlbach, F. - Nagel
Nakamichi
Natori
Nehammer
Nelson
Nemetschke
Neuburger, Adolf
Neugebauer
Neumann
Neumeyer, Gebr.
Neupert
New Winsor
Niederländer
Niedermeyer
Nieër
Niemeyer
Niendorf
Nijmatten
Nocturno
Noeske
Nordiska
Nord Piano
Nützmann, Adolf - Offberg
Otto Bach
Otto Meister
Oktava - Packard
Painter & Ewing
Palatino
Paling minor
Pallik & Schicker
Pallik & Stiasny
Pape, Jean-Henri
Pape fils (Frédéric-Eugène)
Pappenberger
Papps
Parttart, Alois
Paukert
Paul Werner (Dresden)
Pawlek, Josef
Pearl River
Peek and Son
Pepper
Period Piano Company
Perzina, Gebr.
Peterborgh
Petrof
Petrov
Petzold
Peukert
Pfaffe, Julius
Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer, J.
Philipps
Phillip
Phillips
Piano Disc
Pianova
Picassi
Pleyel
Plymouth
Poestkoke
Pohlmann, Leonhard
Pokorny
Poletti & Tuinman
Pons Gary
Poole
Pramberger
Prein, Friedrich
President
Prestel
Price & Teeple
Probst, Georg
Produktiv-G.,E.
Proksch, A.
Proskowec
Protze
Psalmist
Purcell - Quandt
Quispel - Rachals
Raehse-Repia
Rameau
Ramsberger
Rathke, R.
Rahmann
Rauzer
Ravenstein
Ravenscroft
Red October
Regent
Reichelt & Birnbaum
Reid Sohn
Reingardt, V. K.
Reinhard
Reinhold
Reino Ikonen
Reisbach
Rekewitz, Wilh.
Renn
Repia
Rhiendorf
Richard Lipp & Sohn
Richmann
Ridgewood
Rieger-Kloss
Riese
Riga
Rijken
Rijken & de Lange
Rippen
Ritmüller
W. Ritmüller & Sohn
Ritter
Robinson
Rogers
Rogers, George
Rohlfing
Rohr, Alfred
Roland
Roller & Blanchet
Roloff, H
Römhildt
Ronaldi
Karl Rönisch
Rordorf
Rösch-Le Sage
Rosenbach
Rosenberg
Rosenkranz
Rösler
G. Rösler
Roth & Junius
Roth Pianos
Royale
Royale-Classic
Rubenstein
Ruch
Rud. Ibach Sohn
Russell and Russell
Russell, George
Ruyter
Robinson - Sabel
Sagenhaft
Sakura
Samaniego
Sames, William
Samick
Sandbergen
Sängler & Sohne
Sassmann
Saturn
Sauter
Schaaf & Co.
Schaaf, Hermann
Schadhauser, Johann
Schafer & Sons
Schanz
Scharf & Hauk
Scheel, Carl
Schellenkens, G.
Schell, Lothar
Schemelli & Co.
Schiedmayer, J.& P.
Schiedmayer
Schiller
Schilling, Fr.
Schimmel
Schindhelm
Schindler
Schirmer & Son
Schlögl
Schmidt
Schmidt-Flohr
Schmidt Pianos
Schmitz
Schnell, R.A.
Scholze
Schramm&Sons
Schröder, C.M.
Schroeder
Schröther
Schruder
Schubert
Schuerman
Schultz & Sons
Schulze & Sohn
Schulze & Pollmann
Schumann
Schuppe & Neumann
Schütz & Co.
Schütze
Schuetze & Ludolff
Schwechten, G.
Schweighofer
Schweizerstein
Schwester
Seeger
Seidel, Rob
Seidel & Sohn
Seiler, Ed.
Seiler, Max
Sejung Piano Co.
Settergren
Settergren Piano Co.
Seuffert
Sherlock - Manning
Sherman, Clay
Shima-Jehle
Shimler
Shigeru
Shigeru Kawai
Shoninger
Shorewood
Siegel, Rudolf
Siewert
Silbermann
Singer
Skop
Silvia
Smart, Charles
Smidt & Wegener
Snel
Sohmer & Co.
Sojin
Solton
Sonor
Sonore
Soph, Joseph
Sopnnagel
Soward
Spencer
Spencer & Murdoch
Squire
Squire and Longson
Standaart
Stapel
Starck
Starckette & Kenmore
Starr Piano Co.
Staub & Co.
Staub, J.
Steck
Steck, George
Steger & Sons
Steigerman
Stein
Steinbach
Steinbach, Alex
Steinberg
Steinberg, Gerh.
Steinberg, Wilh
Steiner, B.
Steiner, Bernhard
Steingraeber & Söhne
Steinhoven
Steinmann, Wilh.
Steinmayer
Steinthal, L.
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Haus
Stelzhammer
Stenger
Sterling
Stichel, F.
Stingl, Gebr.
Stingl, Ignaz
Stöcker, Theodor
Stockholm
Stoddart
Story & Clark
Straube
Strauss
Streicher
Strindberg
Strohmenger & Sons
Strothier
Stroud
Stuart and Sons
Stuyvesant
Stultz
Sturn
Suzuki
Svahnquist
Svenska - Tallone
Tamta
Taubert
Tchaikovsky
Temple
Tetsch & May
Thalèn
Thayer
Theilig, Rich.
Thein
Therson
Th. Mann & Co.
Thomas & Avarsea
Thuringer
Tischner, J. A.
Thürmer, Ferd.
Tokai
Tokiwa
Tolkien
tonk
Tormin, C.
Toyo
Toyo Appolo
Trautwein
Trübger, Emil
Tschaika
Tuch & Geyer - Uebel & Lechleiter
Ühlmann
Ukraina
United Piano Makers, New York
Urbas, Johann
Urbas & Kuhne
Urbas & Reishauer
Urk & Sons - Van Hyfte
Van der Does
Van Lieshout
Van Veen J.
Van Veen W.
Verkooij
Vermy
Vertigrand
Victor W.H Paling & Co
Vijgeboom Joh.
Vijgeboom Johs.
Van Vloten
Vose & Sons
Vogel & Co.
Vogel, Robert
Vogel & Sohn
Vogeler & Co.
Voigt, Adolf Ernst
Volkening
Vollmer
Vough - Waddington
Wagner
Waldhäusl, Robert
Waldstein
Wallace Ash
Wallace Pianoforte Co.
Walsmann M.
Walter, Charles R.
Waltham Piano Co.
Warfield
Wasniczek
Waters, Horace
Watlen, John
Weaver
Weber
Webster
Wegman
Weidenslaufer
Weidig, C.
Weihenmeyer & Co.
Weinbach
Weinstein and Sons
Weiss
Weissbrod
Wellington
Welmar U.K.
Welzel P.F.
Wendl & Lung
Werch, Lothar
Werner, F.W.
Werner, Hans
Wertheim
Westbrook
Westerlund
Wetzel
Whelpdale
Whitmore
Whitney
Whittaker
Wieck
Wieler
Wilhelm Spaethe
Wilkinson, George
Wilkinson & Wornum
William Wallace Kimball
Williams & Son, R.S.
Williams Piano Co.
Williamson
Willermann
Willis & Co.
Wilson
Winchester
Windhofer, Rudolf
Windover
Windsor
Winkelmann & Co.
Winkler, Paul
Winter & Co.
Wirth, Johann
Wittmayer
Witton and Witton
Wohlfahrt
Wolfframm
Woodchester
Wornum, Robert
Wornum, Robt. & Sons
Wurlitzer
W. P. Emerson Piano Co.
W.Naessens
Wyman - Xinghai Beijing Piano Co.
- Yamaha
Young Chang
Yangtze River - Zahl, Georg
Zeitter & Winkelmann
Zender, Sydney
Zimmermann
Zwang
Zwicki
Zapka