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2025 Consumer Piano Brand Rankings

【2025 Consumer Piano Brand Ranking】Relying on the big data of the whole network, the consumer piano brands selected according to the brand awareness, brand strength, word-of-mouth evaluation and sales popularity of consumer piano (in no particular order): YAMAHA, KAWAI, Baldwin, YOUNG CHANG, Samick, HAILUN, Pearl River, Xinghai, If you are looking for what brand of consumer piano is good? This ranking list of consumer piano brands is for your reference only.

TOP.1

YAMAHA Japan

Yamaha is currently the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments and the number one piano manufacturer in Japan. Yamaha founder Yamaha began to produce organs in 1887 and upright pianos in 1900, and in the past 100 years, Yamaha has been involved in more and more fields, including motorcycles, golf, etc., but the music division is still the top priority. In 1991, Yamaha produced 5 million pianos, and in 2008, it acquired the famous German piano manufacturer Bsendorfer. At the 16th Chopard International Piano Competition, Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva won the first prize with Yamaha CFX, the first time in the history of the Chopard International Piano Competition that a Japanese piano player has won the prize. Yamaha's pianos are produced at three factories, including those in China, Indonesia, and Japan. One of the most recommended is the U series, which is also Yamaha's most classic and best-selling consumer piano series. The U series is divided into U1, U2 (discontinued), U3, U5 (discontinued), and UX according to the height and performance of the instrument,...

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Score

85

popularity

12176
TOP.2

KAWAI Kawaii Japan

The founder, Kawai Koichi (1886-1955), studied with Yamaha Innan (Yamaha's founder), worked at Yamaha, and later established the Kawai Musical Instrument Works in 1927. Kawai is currently the second largest Japanese piano manufacturer after Yamaha, and is the designated piano for nine professional music schools in China, including the Central Conservatory of Music. Kawai's grand pianos and high-end upright pianos are made in Japan, while most low-end pianos are made in Indonesia, and Jinbao in Yichang, Hubei Province, is also produced, but it is purely OEM and the parts are all domestic. The Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano, also known as the SK Series Grand Piano, is a top-of-the-line grand piano developed by Mr. Shigeru Kawai. In the 2007-2008 edition of Piano Buyer, the Japanese-made Shigeru Kawai grand piano was listed as one of the 1A (highest quality) performance pianos, and the only piano made in Japan in 1A. Kawai is more popular in China with the KU series, which is also the most common among universities, with an average price of less than 30,000 yuan, and the largest KU-A1 can be bought at about 20,000 yuan. For models sold worldwide,...

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Score

83

popularity

15699
TOP.3

Baldwin Baldwin United States

Baldwin's first piano was born in 1890 and was the largest piano producer in the United States for most of the 20th century, representing not only the American jazz style, but also a brand that permanently resides in the White House, being acquired by Gibson Guitar in 2001 as its subsidiary. This was followed in 2004 by the establishment of Gibson's first piano production site in Zhongshan, Guangdong, and in 2006 by the acquisition of the Northeast Piano Factory, which produces NORDSKA grand pianos, and since then all Baldwin pianos have been produced in China. In the beginning, Baldwin and its Hamilton and J.C. Fischer soundboards were imported from the United States and made of solid fish scale pine wood produced in Alaska, but later it was found that the soundboards produced in North America would crack in China, so they later adopted the method of imported raw materials and domestic production. The pianos sold by Baldwin in the United States are also produced in China, and the price is much higher than in China, for example, BP1, which is sold at about 27,000-29,000 yuan in China, but in the United States, the official guide price has been as high as 8,600 US dollars, equivalent to more than 58,000 yuan.

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Score

81

popularity

89956
TOP.4

YOUNG CHANG 英昌 Korea

Founded in 1956 as a distributor of Yamaha pianos, Yamaha began to help Yingchang build a piano factory, shipping semi-finished pianos from Japan to the Incheon factory for final assembly and tuning, a relationship that lasted until 1975. After ending the cooperation with Yamaha, Yingchang began to manufacture its own brand pianos and sell them in the international market, in addition to its own brand, Yingchang also did OEM for Baldwin, Samsung and other small brands at that time. In the 90s of the last century, Yingchang's international influence reached its peak. In 1991, 500,000 pianos were produced worldwide, of which 140,000 were made by Yingchang, which was the world's largest that year. In 1995, Joseph Pramberger, Vice President of Steinway & Sons, joined Intron to improve tone and design. In order to increase production capacity and open up the Chinese market, Yingchang established Tianjin Yingchang Piano Factory in China in 1993 to produce low-end models, and now Yingchang's own brand and its Weber are produced by Tianjin Yingchang, while the high-end Albert Weber is still produced by the Korean factory. After the turn of the millennium, the British...

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Score

77

popularity

12166
TOP.5

Samick Sanyi Korea

Founded in 1958, Tri-benefits initially focused on selling Baldwin pianos, and then gradually began to produce its own brand of pianos, and became the world's largest piano exporter in 1988. At the height of our day, the widespread financial tsunami in Asia caused us to declare bankruptcy in 1996. Tri-benefits recovered from bankruptcy in 2002 and was acquired by South Korea's Speco Group, and then in early 2003, Tri-benefits acquired a 60% stake in Bechstein, a famous German piano manufacturer. While helping Bechstein open up the Asian market, Tri-benefits also applied Bechstein's technology to the production of the Indonesian factory. IN 2008, IT ACQUIRED THE GERMAN BRAND SELOR WITH A 160-YEAR HISTORY OF VIOLIN MAKING, IN 2009 IT OFFICIALLY TOOK CONTROL OF STEINWAYSONS, AND IN 2014, IT FULLY ACQUIRED CAVAII AND BECAME ITS LARGEST EXECUTIVE SHAREHOLDER. At present, in addition to the local factory in South Korea, the largest factory is located in Indonesia, with a total annual output of 150,000 yuan of various musical instruments, and most of the tri-benefits pianos that can be purchased in China are made in Indonesia. JS-122MD is the best-selling model of Tri-benefits Piano, imported from Indonesia, because it is a sought-after model, various dealers...

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Score

75

popularity

21781
TOP.6

HAILUN HELEN chekiang

Hailun piano from 2001 began to produce pianos, the introduction of Japan's full CNC production line, and from Europe, the United States and Japan hired a number of experts for guidance, in the past ten years of development is very fast, China's first into the Vienna Golden Hall and permanent Golden Hall piano is from Helen. In the 2017 edition of Piano Buyer, Helen was selected for the Premium level of consumer pianos (second only to Professional), making it the highest-ranked Chinese brand. In the early years, 80% of the pianos produced by Helen were exported to Europe, America and Japan, which is very rare among domestic manufacturers, so Helen is more famous abroad than in China, and recently its sales in China have increased, and the sales at home and abroad have gradually leveled off. The best-selling entry-level upright pianos in China are WL122 and 120SE, WL122 is a product of Helen Wendelon, priced at 19,300 yuan, using a trapezoidal soundboard structure of unequal thickness and width, which can maximize the effective vibration area of the soundboard, especially increase the effective vibration area of the middle and high registers. When the strings vibrate, different frequencies resonate with the corresponding areas of the soundboard, unequal thickness soundboards and arcs...

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Score

74

popularity

13119
TOP.7

Pearl River 珠江 Guangdong

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, and the strings are rust-proof steel strings from Roslau, Germany, with hammers and...

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Score

72

popularity

23947
TOP.8

Sea of Stars Beijing

Xinghai was restructured in 1994 by Beijing Xinghai Musical Instrument United Company, and the core factory is Beijing Piano Factory, which was established in 1949. Beijing Piano Factory independently developed the first upright piano in New China, and in 1959, the world's largest 15-foot grand piano was specially made for the Great Hall of the People. In 2008, Xinghai's grand piano became the designated performance piano for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, and its XG-286 was also stationed in the National Centre for the Performing Arts, which is the only Chinese brand in the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and Xinghai's current annual output is about 40,000 units. Xinghai's best ranking on the Piano Buyer is 4C (1A at Steinway) and is usually the last group, while Xinghai was not selected in the 2017 list. From the point of view of materials, Xinghai's piano is not low in the same price range, taking XU118B as an example, the price of more than 10,000 yuan, the soundboard uses unequal thickness spruce solid wood soundboard, German Roslau strings, the hammer is made of mahogany and Japanese woolen felt, the action is designed by the German pianist Lauschel, the European standard pinplate, the pitch is stable, can express different strong and weak sounds, and the level is clear. The biggest drawback is that it can be...

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Score

70

popularity

15628

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Baldwin Baldwin

Baldwin's first piano was born in 1890 and was the largest piano producer in the United States for most of the 20th century, not only as an icon of American jazz style, but also as a brand that permanently resided in the White House, and was acquired by Gibson Guitar in 2001 as his son
2 23947
Pearl River 珠江

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 adopted
3 21781
Samick Sanyi

Founded in 1958, Tri-benefits initially focused on selling Baldwin pianos, and then gradually began to produce its own brand of pianos, and became the world's largest piano exporter in 1988. At a time when Tri-benefits was in full swing, the large-scale financial tsunami in Asia made Tri-benefits in 1996
4 15699
KAWAI Kawaii

The founder, Kawai Koichi (1886-1955), studied with Yamaha Innan (Yamaha's founder), worked at Yamaha, and later established the Kawai Musical Instrument Works in 1927. Kawaii is currently the second largest Japanese piano manufacturer after Yamaha, and is also in the middle
5 15628
Sea of Stars

Xinghai was restructured in 1994 by Beijing Xinghai Musical Instrument United Company, and the core factory is Beijing Piano Factory, which was established in 1949. Beijing Piano Factory independently developed the first upright piano in New China, and in 1959, the world's largest 15-foot grand piano was specially made for the Great Hall of the People.
6 13119
HAILUN HELEN

Hailun Piano began to produce pianos in 2001, introduced the Japanese full CNC production line, and hired a number of experts from Europe, America and Japan to guide, in the past ten years of development is very fast, China's first piano into the Vienna Golden Hall and permanent in the Golden Hall
7 12176
YAMAHA

Yamaha is currently the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments and the number one piano manufacturer in Japan. Yamaha founder Yamaha began producing organs in 1887 and upright pianos in 1900
8 12166
YOUNG CHANG 英昌

Founded in 1956, Yingchang was initially a distributor of Yamaha pianos, and in 1964, Yamaha began to help Yingchang build a piano factory, shipping semi-finished pianos from Japan to the Incheon factory, where Yingchang carried out the final assembly and tuning, and this relationship continued until 1

2025 Consumer Piano Brand Rankings

YAMAHA Japan

KAWAI Kawaii Japan

Baldwin Baldwin United States

YOUNG CHANG 英昌 Korea

Samick Sanyi Korea

HAILUN HELEN chekiang

Pearl River 珠江 Guangdong

Sea of Stars Beijing

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