Modern Piano Brands: Yamaha, Kawai, Steinway
In Missouri, the piano has a long history. From Sedalia to St. Louis, Scott Joplin to the 1904 World Fair, and beyond, the piano has been, and in many cases retains, some importance as a fixture of the American home and American life. However, within the last generation, a great many piano manufacturers have shuttered their establishments, and many familiar makers, such as Baldwin, Kimball, Wurlitzer, Knabe, Everett, and others, are either defunct or exist only as stickers pasted over a generic product made in a remote factory location. In the year of this writing, in the state of Missouri, there are three major competitors remaining in the market of new piano sales that retain sales locations in the state, that is, the Japanese piano corporations Yamaha and Kawai, and the German/American Steinway Co.. These three makers have something in common that has allowed them to thrive where others have sunk, among other differences, and that is that they all invest heavily into the quality of ...