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This article is a list of pianobrand names from all over the world. This list also includes names of old instruments which are no longer in production.
Many of these piano brand names are 'stencil pianos', which means that the company which owns the brand name is simply applying the name to a piano manufactured for them by another company, and that the same or very similar pianos are sold under differing 'stencil' brands. This often applies to old brand names, revitalized to give an air of heritage to a new piano line, or to pianos manufactured specifically for individual dealers or shops. Also, some brand names have models that are manufactured in entirely different manufacturing plants or countries than another model of the same brand.
A[edit]
- Aarhus Pianofabrik
- A.B. Chase
- Ackerman & Lowe
- Ackerman, F.J.
- Acoustgrand
- Acrosonic
- Adam, F.
- Adam, G.
- Adam, M.
- Adams
- Aerts
- Ajello
- Albert
- Albert & Co.
- Albion
- Albrecht
- Alden
- Aldrich
- Alexander
- Alex Steinbach
- Allgäuer
- Allison
- Allmendiger
- Alois Kern
- Altenburg, Frederick
- Altenburg, Otto
- American Pianos
- American Music
- Amherst
- Ammer
- Amphion
- 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
- Auto Piano Co.
B[edit]
Boardman, Gray & Co. piano at Glen Eyrie.
- Babcock, Lewis & Alpheus
- Babcock, Appleton & Babcock
- Bach
- Bachman
- Bacon, Francis
- Bailey
- Baldorr & Sons
- Baldur
- Baltica
- Bannerman
- Barber London
- Barker
- Barnes
- Barrat & Robinson
- Barthol
- Bartlett
- Bauer
- Bauer, J.
- Baumbach
- Baumeister
- Baumgardt
- Baus
- Bay
- Bechner
- Bechtel
- Becker, J.
- Becker Bros.
- Behning & Klix
- Behning & Sons
- Belehredek
- Bell Piano & Organ Co.
- Bellak & Sons
- Bellman
- Bellmont
- Benkert
- Bennington
- Bensted and sons, H.G.
- Bentley
- Berden
- 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.
- Boardman, Gray & Co.
- Bocage
- Bock & Hinrichsen
- Bogart
- Bohemia
- Böhme & Sohn
- Börs, Otto
- Bord, A.
- Borgato, Luigi Borgato
- 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 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[edit]
- Cäcilia
- Cahn & Cahn
- Calisia
- Cameo
- Cameron
- Camillo
- Cappelen
- Carlton
- Carod
- Cauwenberghe
- Chaika
- Challen
- Casio
- Challenger
- Charles Stieff
- Chase, A.B.
- Chassaigne
- Chavanne
- Cherny
- Chickering, Jacob
- Chickering & Mackays
- Chickering Bros.
- Christensen
- Christman
- Chu-Seng
- Clark Melville
- Classenti
- Classic
- Clement
- Clementi
- Christofori
- Chollard
- Chollard & Chollard
- Cline
- Cockuijt
- Colby
- Colonial
- Cotto
- Conn
- Conover
- Consolat de Mar
- Continental
- Conway
- Cornish
- Crane & Sons, Ltd.
- Cristofori
- Crown
- Cuijpers, J.F.
- Cunningham Piano Company
- Currier & Co.
- Currier Piano Co.
- Czapka & Sohn
- CARL.KIERSTON
D[edit]
- Daesung
- Daewoo
- Dale Forty
- Dalibor
- David à paris
- D'almaine
- Daniël
- Davenport & Treacy
- Debain et Cie
- De Blaise
- Delmar
- Dassel
- Dengler
- D'este
- Diapason
- Dietmann
- Diederichs Freres
- Dittrich
- Dobbert
- Does, van der
- Döhnert
- Doina
- Donath, Max
- Dörner
- 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
E[edit]
- Eastman
- Eavestaff
- Ebel & Sohn
- Ebel, Carl
- Eckstein
- Egtved
- 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
- Eterna
- Etyde
- Euphona (made by The Cable Company)
- Europa
- Euterpe
- Evans
- Everett
- Evertides
F[edit]
- Fabbrini
- F.Bach
- F.Rosener
- Falcone
- Fandrich Piano
- Fandrich & Sons
- Farfisa
- Farrand
- Fayette S. Cable
- Fazer Musik
- Feigl, Alois
- Fenner
- Fibich
- Fibiger
- Fiedler, Gustav
- Finger
- Fiona
- Fischer, Carl
- J&C Fischer
- Focké
- Focké, Georges
- Forenede
- Forrest
- Foster
- Förster & Co.
- Francke
- French
- French Starck
- Franz Wolek in Wien
- Fritz Dobbert
- Fuchs
- Fuchs & Möhr
- Fuder, G.
G[edit]
- 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
- Görs & Spangenberg
- Gotha
- Gotzmann
- Graf, Conrad
- Graf, Hermann
- Grand
- Grande
- Gratiae
- Grau, F.
- Grimm
- Grinnell Bros.
- Grover
- Grunert
- Gulbransen
- Gunther, J.
- Gunther & Sohne
- Gustafson & Ljungqvist
H[edit]
- 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
- Harmsworth & company, Cincinnati
- Harold, F.E., London
- 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
- Heinisch
- Heitzmann & Sohn
- Heller
- Hellas
- Hellström
- Helmholz
- Heppel & Theilig
- Hermann
- Herrburger
- Herrmann, Alexander
- Herz neveu (Philippe)
- Heyl, Gustav
- Hillgärtner, Heinrich
- Hilton
- Hindsberg
- Hinze
- Hlucháň
- Hoek
- Hoepfner
- Hoerr, Franz
- Hoffmann, August
- Hoffmann, Georg
- Hoffmann & Kühne
- Hofmann
- Hofmann, Karl
- Hofmann & Scholz
- Hofmann & Schulze
- Hohner
- Hölling & Spangenberg
- Holzl & Heitzmann
- Hoff & Co.
- Hopkinson
- Hornung & Moeller
- Hörügel
- Howard
- Howard Piano Co.
- Hummel
- Hundt & Sohn
- Hupfeld
- Hupfer Pianos
- Humphrey, London
- Huntington
- Hyfte, van C.
- Hyundai
I[edit]
J[edit]
- J. Erbe Eisenach
- Jacob Bros.
- Jahn
- James & Holmstrom
- Janowsky, M.
- Janssen
- Jarret & Goudge
- Jasper
- Jaschinsky, A.
- Jefferson
- Jehle
- Jelmini
- Jewett, Boston
- John Raper co. Ottawa, Ontario
- Jong de
- Jørgensen, Brødr.
- Jurkat, C.
- Jayel
K[edit]
A Kingsbury piano, made by the Cable Piano Company.
- Kadette
- Kaim
- Kaim & Gunther
- Kaiser
- Kann, Georg
- Kappler
- Kasselman
- Katzmarek & Co.
- Keilberg
- Keislair
- Kemble
- Kenny & Sons
- Kent & Cooper
- Kessels
- Keylard
- Kilbourne
- Kingsburg
- Kingsbury (made by The Cable Company)
- Kirkman
- Kirschner
- Kisting
- Klavins
- Klein
- Klima
- Klingmann
- Kloppe, H.
- Knake
- Knauer
- Knauss
- Knight
- Knöchel Ad.
- Knudsen, J.
- Knudsen & Sons
- Koch & Korselt
- Koch & Co.
- Kohler & Campbell
- Kort de
- Kraft, Aug.
- Kramer
- Kranich & Bach
- 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
L[edit]
Lauberger & Gloss
- 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
- Liederstrom
- Liehr
- Lieshout & Zonen, M. van
- Lichtenthal, Hermann
- Lighte, F. C.
- Lighte & Bradburys
- Lighte & Ernst
- Lighte & Newton
- Lighte, Newton & Bradburys
- Lincoln
- Lindbergh
- Lindeman & Sons
- Linden
- Lindholm
- Lindner
- Lindner & Sohn, I.P.
- Lindsay
- Linke
- Lipczinsky, Max
- Lipp
- Lippmann
- Lirika
- Littmann
- Livingstone
- Lohmann Piano Co.
- Lorenz
- Love, Malcolm
- Ludwig
- Luis Verdugo & Hijo
- Lummer, Wilh.
- Luner
- Lyon & Healy
- Lyra
- Lyrica
M[edit]
- 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 & Risch
- 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
- Michelle
- Mignon
- Mikula, Gebr.
- Miller, Henry F. Miller (Boston)
- Milton, (John)
- Minse
- Moore & Moore
- Morley, Robert
- Morrison & Harrison
- Mörs
- Mozart piano company
- Müller
- Müller-Schiedmayer
- Mussard
- Muzelle
- Mühlbach, F.
N[edit]
- 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
O[edit]
P[edit]
- Packard
- Painter & Ewing
- Palatino
- Paling minor
- Pallik & Schicker
- Pallik & Stiasny
- Pape fils (Frédéric-Eugène)
- Pappenberger
- Papps
- Parttart, Alois
- Paukert
- Paul Werner (Dresden)
- Pawlek, Josef
- Peek and Son
- Pepper
- Period Piano Company
- Peterborgh
- Petrov
- Peukert
- Pfaffe, Julius
- Pfeiffer
- Pfeiffer, J.
- Philipps
- Phillip
- Phillips
- Piano Disc
- Picassi
- Plymouth
- Poestkoke
- Pohlmann, Leonhard
- Pokorny
- Poletti & Tuinman
- Pons Gary
- Poole
- Prein, Friedrich
- President
- Prestel
- Price & Teeple
- Probst, Georg
- Produktiv-G.,E.
- Proksch, A.
- Proskowec
- Protze
- Psalmist
- Purcell
Q[edit]
R[edit]
- Rachals
- Raehse-Repia
- Rameau
- Ramsberger
- Rathke, R.
- Rahmann
- Ravenstein
- Ravenscroft
- Red October
- Regent
- Reichelt & Birnbaum
- Reid Sohn
- Reinhard
- Reinhold
- Reino Ikonen
- Reisbach
- Rekewitz, Wilh.
- Renn
- Repia
- Rhiendorf
- Richard Lipp & Sohn
- Ridgewood
- Rieger-Kloss
- Riese
- Riga
- Rijken
- Rijken & de Lange
- Rippen
- Ritter
- Robinson
- Rogers
- Rogers, George
- Rohlfing
- Rohr, Alfred
- Roland
- Roller & Blanchet
- Roloff, H
- Römhildt
- Ronaldi
- Rordorf
- Rösch-Le Sage
- Rosenbach
- Rosenberg
- Rosenkranz
- Rösler
- Roth & Junius
- Roth Pianos
- Royale
- Royale-Classic
- Rubenstein
- Ruch
- Russell and Russell
- Russell, George
- Ruyter
- Robinson
S[edit]
- Sabel
- Sagenhaft
- Sakura
- Samaniego
- Sames,William
- Sandbergen
- Sängler & Sohne
- Sassmann
- Saturn
- Sauter
- Schaaf & Co.
- Schaaf, Hermann
- Schadhauser, Johann
- Schafer & Sons
- Scharf & Hauk
- Scheel, Carl
- Schellenkens, G.
- Schell, Lothar
- Schemelli & Co.
- Schiedmayer, J.& P.
- Schilling, Fr.
- Schindhelm
- Schindler
- Schirmer & Son
- Schlögl
- Schmidt
- Schmidt-Flohr
- Schmidt Pianos
- Schmitz
- Schnell, R.A.
- Scholze
- Schramm&Sons
- Schröder, C.M.
- Schroeder
- Schröther
- Schubert
- Schuerman
- Schultz & Sons
- Schulze & Sohn
- Schulze & Pollmann
- Schumann
- Schuppe & Neumann
- Schütz & Co.
- Schütze
- Schuetze & Ludolff
- Schweizerstein
- Schwester
- Seeger
- Seidel, Rob
- Seiler, Ed.
- Seiler, Max
- Sejung Piano Co.
- Settergren
- Settergren Piano Co.
- Sherlock - Manning
- Sherman, Clay
- Shima-Jehle
- Shimler
- Shigeru
- Shigeru Kawai
- Shoninger
- Shorewood
- Siegel, Rudolf[1]
- Siewert
- Silbermann
- Singer
- Skop
- SILVIA
- Smart, Charles
- Smidt & Wegener
- Snel
- Sojin
- Solton
- Sonor
- Sonore
- Soph, Joseph
- Sopnnagel
- Soward
- Spencer
- Spencer & Murdoch
- Squire
- Squire and Longson
- Standaart
- Stapel
- Starckette & Kenmore
- Starr Piano Co.
- Staub & Co.
- Staub, J.
- Steck
- Steck, George
- Steigerman
- Stein
- Steinbach
- Steinbach, Alex
- Steinberg
- Steinberg, Gerh.
- Steinberg, Wilh
- Steiner, B.
- Steiner, Bernhard
- Steinhoven
- Steinmann, Wilh.
- Steinmayer
- Steinthal, L.
- Steinway Haus
- Stelzhammer
- Stenger
- Sterling
- Stichel, F.
- Stingl, Gebr.
- Stingl, Ignaz
- Stöcker, Theodor
- Stockholm
- Stoddart
- Story & Clark
- Strauss
- Streicher
- Strindberg
- Strohmenger & Sons
- Strothier
- Stroud
- Stuyvesant
- Stultz
- Sturn
- Suzuki
- Svahnquist
- Svenska
T[edit]
- Tallone
- Tamta
- Taubert
- Tchaikovsky
- Temple
- Tetsch & May
- Thalèn
- Thayer
- Theilig, Rich.
- Thein
- Therson
- Thomas & Avarsea
- Thuringer
- Tokiwa
- Tolkien
- tonk
- Tormin, C.
- Toyo
- Toyo Appolo
- Trautwein
- Trübger, Emil
- Tschaika
- Tuch & Geyer
U[edit]
- Ühlmann
- Ukraina
- United Piano Makers, New York
- Urbas, Johann
- Urbas & Kuhne
- Urbas & Reishauer
- Urk & Sons
V[edit]
- 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
W[edit]
- Waddington
- Wagner
- Waldhäusl, Robert
- Waldstein
- Wallace Ash
- Walsmann M.
- Waltham Piano Co.
- Warfield
- Wasniczek
- Waters, Horace
- Weaver
- Webster
- Wegman
- Weidenslaufer
- Weidig, C.
- Weihenmeyer & Co.
- Weinbach
- Weinstein and Sons
- Weiss
- Weissbrod
- Wellington (made by The Cable Company)
- Welmar U.K.
- Welzel P.F.
- Werch, Lothar
- Werner, F.W.
- Werner, Hans
- Westbrook
- Westerlund
- Wetzel
- Whelpdale
- Whitmore
- Whitney (by Kimball International)
- Whittaker
- Wieck
- Wieler
- Williams & Son, R.S.
- Williams Piano Co.
- Williamson
- Willermann
- Wilson
- Winchester
- Windhofer, Rudolf
- Windover (London)
- Windsor
- Winkelmann & Co.
- Winkler, Paul
- Winter & Co.
- Wittmayer
- Wohlfahrt
- Woodchester
- W. P. Emerson Piano Co.
- W.Naessens
- Wyman
X[edit]
Y[edit]
- Yangtze River
![Steinbach Steinbach](https://www.abcpianos.com.au/images/Alex_Steinbach_SU131EP.jpg)
Z[edit]
- Zahl, Georg
- Zeitter & Winkelmann
- Zender, Sydney
- Zwang
- Zwicki
See also[edit]
- Piano key frequencies (in equal temperament)
References[edit]
- ^Speyer, Helmut (18 April 1994). 'Die Geschichte der Klavierfabrik Rudolf Siegel, Stade'. F. Schaumburg. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via The Open Library.
Bibliography[edit]
- Larry Fine; The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano (Annual Supplement to the Piano Book); Brookside Press; 2005; ISBN1-929145-17-9
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Hi. I am looking to buy a piano for myself. Used to play to a reasonable standard but not after anything like a grand piano. Would prefer to pay under A$6000. At a shop yesterday there was an Eterna ?E1, which the man said is the same as a Yamaha U1. Didn't get the serial number. Selling for A$3600. I think it was 121cm.
He also had some Alex.Steinbach 121 cm Romance ones.
I really like Yamaha sound and feel.
Would appreciate your advice. I guess models vary in Australia but do you think the Eterna or Yamaha U1 as you would have in the UK would come from the same places as those that are sold here?
Thanks for your help.