The Piano Industry - How Old World Technology Endures in the Twenty First Century

"The Piano Industry" as it exists today consists of numerous segments, sub-businesses and professionals. There are the piano manufactures, such as Yamaha Piano Company, Steinway and Sons Piano Company, Baldwin Piano Company and Kawai and Mason & Hamlin Piano Companies, to name a few. Specialists range from piano engineers who design pianos to piano teachers, tuners, dealers, refinishers, technicians, movers and institutions such as music schools and piano bars. Piano Buyers are always looking for goods and services from these businesses.

The means of manufacturing and servicing pianos has kept pace with the rapid and frequent changes in technology in the 20th and 21st century. Ironically, piano design has hardly changed at all since mid-1880. While there were literally millions of pianos built during the 19th and 20th centuries, the bulk of the global piano industry resulted from U.S. manufacturing prowess during the Industrial Revolution. From the 1880's to the 1930's, the piano was the product that facilitated entertainment, performing arts and supported the joy and sharing of music on a grassroots level from local bars to peoples homes. In the early 20th century, the piano industry was one of the fastest growing and most popular industries in the United States. At present, it is a very tiny but significant industry because at its core, the piano is about making music.

Most recent changes in the U.S. Piano Industry are as follows. Because of globalization trends, more and more companies have moved from the U.S. to Asian countries such as China, Malaysia, etc. Sadly, Yamaha Piano Company, for instance, has moved their American manufacturing plants to these other countries because of cost pressures.

Eben Goresko is a Classical, Ragtime and Stride Pianist. Eben studied classical piano at Temple University as a Piano Performance Major and has studied Jazz Piano with several notable Jazz Musicians. He also has extensive experience tuning and servicing pianos and has been qualified for over 25 years as a Registered Piano Technician of The Piano Technicians Guild.

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