Steinway Musical Instruments

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing conglomerate, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the United States.

Through acquisitions and mergers, the company has acquired a large number of musical instrument brand names and manufacturing facilities. It now owns manufacturers of pianos, brasswinds, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.

The company sells its products through a worldwide network of dealers to professional, amateur and student musicians, as well as orchestras and educational institutions, under dozens of different brand names. Its most notable products include Steinway & Sons pianos, Bach Stradivarius trumpets, C.G. Conn French horns, Leblanc clarinets, King trombones, Ludwig snare drums, and Selmer saxophones and woodwinds.

It employs a workforce of around 1,700 and operates 11 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe.

History

 * May 1995: Selmer Industries acquired Steinway Musical Properties, parent company of Steinway & Sons piano company.
 * July 1996: Selmer Industries was renamed "Steinway Musical Instruments".
 * August 1996: Steinway Musical Instruments IPO.
 * January 1997: acquisition of Emerson, flute manufacturer.
 * December 1998: acquisition of Kluge Klaviaturen, piano key manufacturer.
 * March 1999: acquisition of Steinway Hall in New York City, prominent piano showroom with concert hall.
 * November 1999: acquisition of the O.S. Kelly Company, piano plate manufacturer.
 * January 2000: acquisition of Pianohaus Karl Lang, piano showroom and authorized Steinway piano dealer.
 * September 2000: acquisition of United Musical Instruments, wind instrument manufacturer.
 * January 2003: merger of the Selmer Company and United Musical Instruments into one entity under Conn-Selmer.
 * August 2004: acquisition of G. Leblanc, wind instrument manufacturer and distributor.
 * May 2008: acquisition of ArkivMusic, online retailer of recorded classical music.
 * September 2013: acquired by Paulson & Co.

Current products
The company produces instruments under the following brand names:


 * Pianos:
 * Steinway & Sons – pianos for the top-level market
 * Boston – pianos for the mid-level market
 * Essex – pianos for the entry-level market
 * Brasswinds:
 * C.G. Conn – single and double horns, flugelhorns, cornets, trombones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones, saxophones
 * Holton – cornets, French horns, trombones, trumpets
 * King – marching brass, trombones, baritones, cornets, flugelhorns, French horns, mellophones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones
 * Prelude – trumpets, marching brass, piccolos, flutes, clarinets, saxophones (entry-level instruments) (Chinese)
 * Vincent Bach – trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, trombones
 * Woodwinds:
 * Armstrong – flutes, piccolos
 * Leblanc – clarinets
 * Selmer – saxophones, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons
 * Vito – entry-level clarinets
 * Strings:
 * Glaesel – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)
 * Scherl & Roth – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)
 * Wm. Lewis & Son – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)
 * Percussion and drums:
 * Ludwig
 * Musser
 * Other:
 * ArkivMusic – classical music recordings
 * Listen: Life with Music & Culture – magazines
 * Rousseau – woodwind mouthpieces
 * Steinway & Sons Label – record label

Discontinued products

 * Brasswinds:
 * Benge – trumpets, piccolo trumpets, trombones
 * Cleveland
 * Martin – trumpets, trombones
 * Woodwinds:
 * Artley
 * Avanti – flutes
 * Emerson – flutes, piccolos
 * Galway Spirit Flutes – flutes
 * Noblet
 * Normandy