Steinway Musical Instruments

Steinway Musical Instruments
legal form	Corporation
founding	1995
Seat	Waltham , Massachusetts , USA
Number of employees	1,680 (2011)
Branch	Musical instruments

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is an umbrella company for musical instrument manufacturers.

As a result of acquisitions and company mergers, the company acquired a large number of musical instrument brands and manufacturing facilities . Its members are now finisher of wings , pianos , wind instruments , string instruments and percussion instruments on.

The company sells its products through a worldwide network of dealers to professional musicians and institutions, amateurs, students and also to orchestras and educational institutions. It does this under dozens of brand names, e.g. B. Steinway & Sons grand pianos and pianos, Bach Stradivarius trumpets, CG Conn horns, Leblanc clarinets, King trombones, Ludwig small drums and Selmer Paris saxophones.

It has a workforce of approximately 1,700 and operates 11 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe .

history

May 1995: Selmer Industries buys Steinway Musical Properties , the parent company of the piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons .
July 1996: Selmer Industries is renamed Steinway Musical Instruments .
August 1996: Steinway Musical Instruments carries out an IPO .
January 1997: Acquisition of Emerson , manufacturer of flutes .
December 1998: Acquisition of Kluge Klaviaturen , German manufacturer of keyboards in Remscheid .
March 1999: Acquisition of Steinway Hall in New York City , a prominent piano sales area with a concert hall.
November 1999: Acquisition of The OS Kelly Company , manufacturer of piano frame castings.
January 2000: Acquisition of Pianohaus Karl Lang , Munich, dealer a. a. from Steinway.
September 2000: Acquisition of United Musical Instruments , manufacturer of brass instruments .
January 2003: Merger of the Selmer Company and United Musical Instruments into one unit under the name Conn-Selmer .
August 2004: Acquisition of G. Leblanc , manufacturer of brass instruments.
May 2008: purchase of ArkivMusic , online sale of classical music.

Products

The company produces instruments under the following brand names:

Grand pianos and upright pianos:
- Steinway & Sons - pianos and grand pianos for the upper market segment

Brass instruments:

Benge - trumpets , piccolo trumpets , pocket trumpets

CG Conn - horns , tubas , single and double horns , Flugelhorns , Sousaphones , saxophones

Holton - cornets , horns, trombones , trumpets

King - trombones, baritones , euphoniums , cornets, flugelhorns, horns, mellophones , trumpets, tubas, sousaphones, saxophones

Martin - trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, trombones, saxophones

Prelude - trumpets, marching trumpets, marching baritones, marching honors, marmellophones, marching tubas, piccolo flutes , flutes , clarinets , saxophones

Vincent Bach - trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, trombones

Woodwind instruments:
- Armstrong - flutes , piccolos
- Artley - clarinets
- Avanti - flutes
- Emerson - flutes, piccolos
- Galway Spirit Flutes - flutes
- Henri Selmer Paris - saxophones , clarinets (sales only)
- Leblanc - clarinets
- Noblet - clarinets
- Selmer USA - saxophones, clarinets, flutes, oboes , bassoons
- Vito - clarinets
- Yanagisawa - saxophones

String instruments:
- Glaesel - violins , violas , cellos , double basses
- Scherl & Roth - violins, violas, cellos, double basses
- Wm. Lewis & Son - violins, violas, cellos, double basses

Drums and Drums:
- Ludwig Musser

Other:
- ArkivMusic - classical music recordings
- Lists: Life with Music & Culture - magazines about classical music and culture
- Steinway & Sons Label - music label

Individual evidence

^ "NYSE - Conglomerates - Steinway Musical Instruments" ( Memento October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), AnnualReports.com, IR Solutions.
^ "Pianos" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
↑ "Brass Winds" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
^ "Woodwinds" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
^ "Strings" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
^ "Percussion" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
↑ ^a ^b "Brands" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
^ "About us," Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
^ "Form 10-Q - Quarterly report (Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.)" , September 28, 1996, page 12, quotation: "On July 3, 1996, the Company changed its name from Selmer Industries, Inc. to Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. "
^ "Steinway & Sons Announces New Record Label" , Steinway & Sons, October 12, 2010.

[1] "NYSE - Conglomerates - Steinway Musical Instruments" ( Memento October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), AnnualReports.com, IR Solutions.

[2] "Pianos" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[3] "Brass Winds" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[4] "Woodwinds" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[5] "Strings" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[6] "Percussion" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[Brands-7] "Brands" , Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[8] "About us," Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

[9] "Form 10-Q - Quarterly report (Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.)" , September 28, 1996, page 12, quotation: "On July 3, 1996, the Company changed its name from Selmer Industries, Inc. to Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. "

[10] "Steinway & Sons Announces New Record Label" , Steinway & Sons, October 12, 2010.