Petrof
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Petrof is a Czech piano manufacturer founded in 1864. It is a leading European piano manufacturer, exporting to more than 60 countries.[1][2]
History
The company was founded in 1864 in Hradec Králové, Empor Österreich, by Antonín Petrof (d. 1915), who had apprenticed at Wenes companies such as Heintzman & Co., Friedrich Ehrbar and Schweighofer.
The owner Antonín Petrof was awarded an imperial and royal warrant of appointment to the court of Austria-Hungary.[3] In 1924 the company was exporting its pianos to Europe, Japan, China, Australia and South America.
At the World Exhibition 1934 in Brussels,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the Petrof instruments won the gold medal.[4] At that time, approximately 400 people worked at their factory.
After the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, the company was nationalized.
In 1991, the company was returned to the Petrof family.[5] Petrof is currently led by two sisters from the fifth generation of the Petrof family[6] and produces annually approximately 100 grand pianos and 500 upright pianos.[7] Petrof is known for several innovations, such as ways to adjust the mechanics and particularly pressure point through magnetic systems.[8][9]
After 1993, the piano company G. Rösler of Česká Lípa, Bohemia, was acquired.
Notable performers
Petrof pianos have been used by many famous musicians, including among others: Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, Count Basie, Richard Clayderman, Ennio Morricone, Renato Carosone and Mark Levinson.[1][10]
Models
Grand pianos
Current grand piano models:[11]
- Master series
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- Standard series
- P 194 Storm: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 173 Breeze: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 159 Bora: Script error: No such module "convert".
Upright pianos
Current upright piano models:[12]
- Highest series
- P 135 K1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 131 M1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- Higher series
- P 125 G1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 125 F1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 125 K1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 125 M1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 122 N2: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 122 H1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- Middle series
- P 118 P1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 118 M1: Script error: No such module "convert".
- P 118 S1: Script error: No such module "convert".
References
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External links
- Official site
- Jan Petrof Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
- Martin Kobza Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
- Zuzana Petrofová Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
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- Companies established in 1864
- Piano manufacturing companies
- Czech brands
- Hradec Králové
- Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the Czech Republic
- Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court
- Piano makers
- 1864 establishments in the Austrian Empire