by Gary Gordon | May 1, 2021 |
In 2001, the Baldwin Piano Company filed for bankruptcy. That same year, the Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corporation purchased Baldwin’s assets and began a major restructuring plan. Their strategy was to reposition Baldwin from the shrinking luxury piano market...
by Gary Gordon | Nov 5, 2020 |
A modern grand piano is made up of over 12,000 parts and each manufacturer has its own “recipe.” Piano makers build their reputations based on the designs, materials and workmanship that go into their instruments. …but would a Steinway piano be just as good if it...
by James Harding | Dec 19, 2019 |
One of the most common questions we get at Riverton Piano Company is “What do the three pedals do?” Well, put simply, the function of the pedals is to alter the tone of the piano in some way. In fact, the first piano didn’t have pedals at all. Part...
by James Harding | Jun 15, 2019 |
Though the piano is one of the most popular instruments ever invented, few people actually know the name of the man who invented it. Everybody knows the name Henry Ford and even school kids know what Thomas Edison invented, but it’s puzzling why so few have ever heard...
by James Harding | May 8, 2019 |
One of the most common questions we get from our clients is how many keys a piano has. …and, though most of today’s pianos have 88 keys (52 white keys and 36 black keys), it wasn’t always this way. The first pianos had 49 keys or 4...
