Steinway Musical Instruments
Steinway Musical Instruments
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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:
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Grand pianos and upright pianos:
- Steinway & Sons - pianos and grand pianos for the upper market segment
- Boston - pianos and grand pianos for the middle market segment
- Essex - pianos and grand pianos for the entry-level market segment
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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
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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
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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:
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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.