American Made Pianos

An Outstanding Manufacturing Tradition

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Baldwin

Factory Location: Loveland, Ohio
Serial Number Dates: 1890 - Present

History:

Established in 1862, The Baldwin Piano Company continues to be one of the major American manufacturers of grand and baby grand pianos. The Baldwin Company also makes or did make Hamilton, Howard Ellington, Valley Gem, Saint Regis, Schroeder, Franke, Acrosonic, Kremlin, Modello, Monarch, Sargent, and Winton pianos.

 

Information source: Pierce Piano Atlas

The Resonance of a Continent: The American Piano Tradition

The American piano manufacturing tradition is a story of unparalleled craftsmanship meeting the boundless natural resources of a new world. At its heart lies the selection of materials—most notably the vast, old-growth spruce forests of the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast. These superior stands of Sitka and Adirondack spruce provided the tight-grained, resonant timber essential for crafting the world’s finest soundboards, offering a tonal depth and "singing" quality that European makers envied. Combined with a relentless spirit of industrial innovation, American makers refined the overstrung scale and the heavy cast-iron plate, creating instruments of such structural integrity and powerful projection that they redefined the modern piano.