Petrof

This article is about the Czech piano manufacturer. For other uses, see Petrof (disambiguation).
Petrof
Industry Musical instruments
Founded 1864
Founder Antonín Petrof
Headquarters Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová
Products Grand pianos and upright pianos
Production output
 Yearly around 1,750 new grand pianos and 12,000 uprights[1]
Number of employees
 about 1,000[1]
Website petrof.com
Petrof piano at the exhibition
1895 ad for Petrof pianos

Petrof is a Czech piano manufacturer. It is the leading European piano manufacturer, exporting to more than 60 countries.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1864 in Hradec Králové, Czech Kingdom, by Antonín Petrof (d. 1915), who had studied piano making in Vienna.

The owner Anton Petrof was awarded an imperial and royal warrant of appointment to the court of Austria-Hungary.[3] In 1924 was company except for Europe exporting its pianos to Japan, China, Australia and South America.

At the World Exhibition 1934 in Brussels, the Petrof instruments won gold medal.[4] In the factory was working around 400 people.

Petrof pianos have had many famous admirers, including among others: Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, Count Basie, Richard Clayderman, Ennio Morricone and Mark Levinson.[2][5]

Nowadays are produced six basic models of Petrof pianos. Concert master instruments P284 Mistral, P237 Monsoon and P210 Pasat are made individually by the best experts of the company. P194 Storm, P-IV and P-V are prepared in a standard manner.

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, John-Paul (2002). The Piano, p. 90. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8151-6.
  2. 1 2 Northwest Pianos, Petrof
  3. ↑ Handbuch des Allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates Seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät., Vienna: K.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1917, p. 517
  4. ↑ NA PETROF HRAJE I PAUL MCCARTNEY - MAPA ÚSPĚCHU
  5. ↑ Petrof famous owners and admirers
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