Founded in 1956, Pearl River Piano Group is now the world's largest piano manufacturer, ranking first in global piano production and sales for 15 consecutive years, with a cumulative production and sales volume of more than 2 million units, a domestic market share of more than 35%, and a global market share of more than 25%. Pearl River Piano uses CNC technology to produce pianos, has an international design team, can produce 100,000 pianos per year, and Pearl River Piano Group is also the foundry of Steinway's Essex pianos. Pearl River Piano also has a number of brands such as Kaiserburg, Ritter Miller, Jingzhu, Witten, Amoreson, etc., and the product line is very extensive, including introductory pianos for teaching and special pianos for concerts. In 2016, Pearl River Piano Group acquired Schimmel, a major European piano manufacturer, to enter the international high-end market.

 

The production and sales of Pearl River pianos are indeed very large, and there are also high-end brands Kaiserburg, but the main models are concentrated in the entry-level and mid-range. The best-selling model in China is C2S for teaching, which is a representative of economy and practicality, and is very suitable for children's introductory practice. The soundboard is made of Russian white pine, the strings are rust-proof steel strings from Roslau, Germany, and the hammers and dampers are made of domestic wool, and the timbre is relatively bright, but the transition of the pitch is slightly unnatural. One point of criticism is that the action independently developed by Pearl River has not even done the arrangement of solid wood parts neatly, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in detail workmanship.