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
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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
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