Any Baldwin made piano is worth the time, money and energyįind the age of your Baldwin piano using the serial number chart found below. Precision engineered, which gives each instrument the highest degree ofĮxcellence. Ideas of acoustical science and piano making its manufacture is Thisįacility remains open as a US distribution and service center.Īny doubt and dispute, from the nine-foot concert grand to the fiveįeet, two inch baby grand, every Baldwin piano demonstrates the most modern factory in Trumann, Arkansas in December 2008. Find the serial number of the piano so you can look up its year of manufacture in the Pierce Piano Atlas.Usually four to eight digits, the serial number is most often located near the tuning pins, either printed directly on the plate or engraved in the wooden pinblock and showing through a cut-away portion of the plate. Market, the Chinese domestic market, and other In 2008, Baldwin moved all production of pianos to factories in China (ownedīy Gibson Guitars, Nashville, TN). In 2006/2007, Gibson purchased the Dongbei Piano Group, the third biggest Chinese piano maker in the world. Chase, Aeolian, Ampico, DH Baldwin (built in Arkansas since 2004, discontinued in 2008), Cable, Ellington (2003, made in China), Hamilton, Howard grand pianos, Ivers & Pond, J & C Fischer, Kranich & Bach, Monarch, Mozart, Pianola, Pianovelle, Sargent. The following brands have been in use or are in development by Gibson, since 2003: A.B. Today, Baldwin is owned by the famous Gibson Were purchased by Baldwin and sold through BaldwinĪround the decade of the 1990’s, the company was sold and relocated toĪrkansas and Missouri. Manufactured pianos with the DH Baldwin name in the 1980s, as pianos Pianists, composers, conductors, singers, and instrumentalists - as wellĪs outstanding symphony orchestras all over the globe.Ĭhickering names in 1988, but in 2008, both names ceased production. Tier of artists in all areas of musical expression – ranging from The Baldwin Company in Loveland, Ohio, is exclusively enjoyed by top The Baldwin piano is recognized as a universal favorite between the leading operatic artists and virtuosos of the pianoforte.īaldwin Grand Piano, which was designed, manufactured and guaranteed by The Baldwin pianos and Manualos at the Anglo-American Exposition, Louis, Mo., and another Grand Prize was also awarded to Piano was awarded the Grand Prize at the Louisiana PurchaseĮxposition, St. Grands are also available in 6 sizes, from the 5’2” P152, to the 9’2” concert grand P282.Recognition and Design In 1904, the Baldwin Uprights bearing the Petrof name are available in 6 sizes, from the 46” P118, to the 53” P135. Both uprights and grands are offered in a single line of quality and receive extensive handwork. Today, Petrof manufactures roughly one grand piano for every 5 upright pianos, for a total of about 6,000 pianos per year. Today, Petrof is run by 5th generation family member Zuzana Ceralova Petrofova. The Petrof family would be brought back into the fold in 1991 when 4th generation family member Jan Petrof began managing the company. Petrof would continue to expand and find prosperity under the lead of family members from each successive generation, with the Petrof family maintaining control until 1947, at which time every Czech business was nationalized by the state. Production would gradually expand, and after building a larger factory, Petrof built their first upright piano in 1883. After apprenticing in Germany with various esteemed piano builders, Czech native Antonin Petrof would build his first grand piano and form his own company in 1864, in Hradec Kralove Czech Republic.