Steinway Musical Instruments
Logo of Steinway Musical Instruments | |
Private | |
Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | 1995 |
Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
Number of locations
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11 manufacturing facilities (2011) |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Michael T. Sweeney Chairman of the board (since July 2011) and president & CEO (since October 2011) Dennis M. Hanson Senior executive vice president (since 1995) |
Products | Pianos Brasswinds Woodwinds Strings Percussion |
Number of employees
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1,680 (2011) |
Parent | Paulson & Co. |
Divisions | New York City, USA Elkhart, Indiana, USA |
Subsidiaries | Steinway & Sons Steinway Hall Conn-Selmer Kluge Klaviaturen The O.S. Kelly Company ArkivMusic |
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is an American worldwide musical instrument manufacturing conglomerate.
Through acquisitions and mergers, the company has acquired a large number of musical instrument brand names and manufacturing facilities. It now owns manufacturers of pianos, brasswinds, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.[1][2][3][4][5]
The company sells its products through a worldwide network of dealers to professional, amateur and student musicians, as well as orchestras and educational institutions, under dozens of different brand names. Its most notable products include Steinway & Sons pianos, Bach Stradivarius trumpets, C.G. Conn French horns, Leblanc clarinets, King trombones, Ludwig snare drums, and Selmer saxophones and woodwinds.[6]
It employs a workforce of around 1,700 and operates 11 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe.[7]
Contents
History
- May 1995: Selmer Industries acquired Steinway Musical Properties, parent company of Steinway & Sons piano company.
- July 1996: Selmer Industries was renamed "Steinway Musical Instruments".[8]
- August 1996: Steinway Musical Instruments IPO.
- January 1997: acquisition of Emerson, flute manufacturer.
- December 1998: acquisition of Kluge Klaviaturen, piano key manufacturer.
- March 1999: acquisition of Steinway Hall in New York City, prominent piano showroom with concert hall.
- November 1999: acquisition of the O.S. Kelly Company, piano plate manufacturer.
- January 2000: acquisition of Pianohaus Karl Lang, piano showroom and authorized Steinway piano dealer.
- September 2000: acquisition of United Musical Instruments, brass instrument manufacturer.
- January 2003: merger of the Selmer Company and United Musical Instruments into one entity under Conn-Selmer.
- August 2004: acquisition of G. Leblanc, brass instrument manufacturer.
- May 2008: acquisition of ArkivMusic, online retailer of recorded classical music.
- September 2013: acquired by Paulson & Co.[9]
Products
Current products
The company produces instruments under the following brand names:[6]
- Pianos:
- Steinway & Sons – pianos for the top-level market
- Boston – pianos for the mid-level market
- Essex – pianos for the entry-level market
- Brasswinds:
- C.G. Conn – single and double horns, flugelhorns, cornets, trombones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones, saxophones
- Holton – cornets, French horns, trombones, trumpets
- King – marching brass, trombones, baritones, cornets, flugelhorns, French horns, mellophones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones
- Prelude – trumpets, marching brass, piccolos, flutes, clarinets, saxophones (entry-level instruments)
- Vincent Bach – trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, trombones
- Woodwinds:
- Strings:
- Glaesel – violins, violas, cellos, double basses
- Scherl & Roth – violins, violas, cellos, double basses
- Wm. Lewis & Son – violins, violas, cellos, double basses
- Percussion and drums:
- Other:
- ArkivMusic – classical music recordings
- Listen: Life with Music & Culture – magazines
- Rousseau – woodwind mouthpieces
- Steinway & Sons Label – record label[10]
Discontinued products
- Brasswinds:
- Benge – trumpets, piccolo trumpets, trombones
- Martin – trumpets, trombones
- Woodwinds:
- Artley
- Noblet
- Normandy
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