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Here's something you don't really think about very often. Just how many piano manufacturers are out there?
1. Allen Organ Company (USA) IV-1
2. America Sejung Corporation (ASC) (USA) IV-5
3. Astin Weight (USA) IV-5
4. August Forster GmbH (Germany) IV-5
5. Australis Music Group Pty., Ltd. (Australia) IV-6
6. Bachmann Pianobau AG (Switzerland) IV-6
7. Bechner Piano Company (USA) IV-6
8. Beijing Heintzman Piano Co., Ltd. (China) IV-7
9. Beijing Xinghai Musical Instrument Co. Ltd. (China) IV-8
10. Bohemia Piano Sro (Czech Republic) IV-10
11. Borisov Musical Instruments Ent. Jsc (Belarus) IV-10
12. California Piano (USA) IV-11
13. Calisia Poland (Poland) IV-11
14. Carl Sauter Pianofortemanufaktur GmbH & Co., KG. (Germany) IV-12
15. Carl A. Pfeiffer GmbH & Co., KG. (Germany) IV-12
16. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Japan) IV-13
17. Charles Albrecht Piano Corporation (USA) IV-21
18. Chavanne (France) IV-21
19. Cunningham Piano Company & Factory (USA) IV-21
20. ED. Seiler Pianofortefabrik GmbH And Co., KG. (Germany) IV-22
21. Estonia Klaverivabrik (Estonia) IV-22
22. Fandrich & Sons (USA) IV-23
23. Fandrich Piano Co., Inc. (USA) IV-24
24. Fazioli Pianoforti Srl (Italy) IV-24
25. Ferd. Thurmer Pianofortefabrik (Germany) IV-24
26. Feurich Klavier-u.Flugelfabrikation GmbH (Germany) IV-25
27. General Music SpA (Italy) IV-25
28. Geneva International Corporation (USA) IV-26
29. Gibson Guitar Corporation (USA) IV-27
30. Grotrian-Steinweg GmbH & Co., KG. (Germany) IV-31
31. Guangzhou Auking (China) Co., Ltd. (China) IV-31
32. Guitar Musical Produce Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) IV-32
33. Hellas-Piano Oy (Finland) IV-32
34. Huapu Piano Co., Ltd. (China) IV-32
35. J. C. Neupert KG. (Germany) IV-33
36. J. Reid Pianos (UK) IV-34
37. Jaques Samuel Pianos Ltd. (UK) IV-34
38. John Broadwood & Sons Ltd. (UK) IV-35
39. Julius Bluthner Pianofortefabrik (Germany) IV-35
40. Kawai Musical Instruments Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Japan) IV-36
41. Ketron Srl (Italy) IV-38
42. Klavierfabrik Nordpiano GmbH (Germany) IV-38
43. Klima - Piano Manufacture Sro (Czech Republic) IV-38
44. L. Bosendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH (Austria) IV-39
45. Ladbrooke Pianos Ltd. (UK) IV-40
46. Lira Musical Instrument Manufacturing Complex (Russia) IV-40
47. Lowrey Organ Company (USA) IV-41
48. Markson Pianos (UK) IV-41
49. Mason & Hamlin Piano Company (USA) IV-42
50. Overs Pianos (Australia) IV-42
51. Pearl River Piano Group Ltd. (China) IV-43
52. Petrof Spol Sro (Czech Republic) IV-45
53. PianoDisc (USA) IV-46
54. Pianoeurope Sp. z.o.o. (Poland) IV-46
55. Pianofortefabrikanten Grotrian-Steinweg (Germany) IV-47
56. Pianos Chavanne (France) IV-47
57. Pianova GmbH (Germany) IV-48
58. Pleyel (France) IV-48
59. Polverini SAS (Italy) IV-48
60. QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (USA) IV-49
61. Rawlings Music Co., Inc. (USA) IV-52
62. Roland Corporation (Japan) IV-53
63. Rud Ibach Sohn (Germany) IV-56
64. Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. (Korea) IV-57
65. Schimmel Pianofortefabrik GmbH (Germany) IV-60
66. Schulze Pollmann Srl (Italy) IV-61
67. Seidl Piano AS (Czech Republic) IV-61
68. Shanghai Piano Co., Ltd. (China) IV-61
69. Slam Grand Piano Company (USA) IV-62
70. Steingraeber & Sohne KG. (Germany) IV-62
71. Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (USA) IV-63
72. Stuart & Sons Piano Australia Pty., Ltd. (Australia) IV-67
73. Stuttgarts Piano Centrum Matthaes GmbH (Germany) IV-67
74. Suzuki Corporation (USA) IV-68
75. Taiwan Yamaha Musical Inst. Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) IV-69
76. The Shigeru Kawai Piano Company (USA) IV-69
77. Thuringer Pianoforte GmbH (Germany) IV-70
78. Velocepiano Co., Ltd. (South Korea) IV-70
79. W.D. Greenhill Ltd. (UK) IV-70
80. Walter Piano Company, Inc. (USA) IV-71
81. Weber Piano Company Ltd. (UK) IV-71
82. Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik GmbH (Germany) IV-72
83. Yako Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) IV-73
84. Yamaha Corporation (Japan) IV-74
85. Yamano Music Co., Ltd. (Japan) IV-87
86. Yantai Longfeng Piano Co. (China) IV-87
87. Yingkou Northwest Piano Corporation (China) IV-88
88. Young Chang Company Ltd. (Korea) IV-89
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Hi Corbet, where are u now @ man?
Cheers! Duggy Day
When I lived in the US I worked for a company called Alfred Publishing. Alfred is the 2nd largest producer of sheet music (especially piano) in the world.
Small world.
How appropriate that there are 88 piano manufacturers...
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I've never figured out whether it's pronounced "Moe's (like owned by one of three stooges) or Moss (like that guy out of Bonanza), but the one down the hill from me is open until 2am most days, which means that if I get out of the club early enough, I can catch the best burger in town, the muo si la bao or the Spicy Mos Burger. They have lots of jalapenos and 
