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Baldwin Pianos are a musical legacy that for over a century, continues to live on. Each piano that carries the name Baldwin, is a piece of that legacy which has contributed to American piano history and manufacturing. Company History The company was founded by Dwight Hamilton Baldwin in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1862. Also known as D.H. Baldwin, the name has always been one of the most widely renowned names in the American piano industry and history.The company originally began as a retail enterprise,who sold Steinway and Chickering pianos. They began manufacturing their ownpianos in 1889, as 'D.H.
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Baldwin & Co.' In 1903, shortly after the founder's death, the name became the Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.Baldwin also manufactured pianos under the names Acrosonic, Ellington, Franke, Hamilton, Howard, Kremlin, Manualo, Modello, Monarch, St.Regis, Sargent, Schroeder, Valley Gem, Winton,. Recognition and Design In 1904, the Baldwinpiano was awarded the Grand Prize at the Louisiana PurchaseExposition, St. Louis, Mo., and another Grand Prize was also awarded tothe Baldwin pianos and Manualos at the Anglo-American Exposition,London, 1914. The Baldwin piano is recognized as a universal favorite between the leading operatic artists and virtuosos of the pianoforte.TheBaldwin Grand Piano, which was designed, manufactured and guaranteed bythe Baldwin Company in Loveland, Ohio, is exclusively enjoyed by toptier of artists in all areas of musical expression – ranging frompianists, composers, conductors, singers, and instrumentalists - as wellas outstanding symphony orchestras all over the globe.Baldwin Pianos: Modern TimesBaldwin purchased the andnames in 1988, but in 2008, both names ceased production. (Korea)manufactured pianos with the DH Baldwin name in the 1980s, as pianoswere purchased by Baldwin and sold through Baldwindealers.Around the decade of the 1990’s, the company was sold and relocated toArkansas and Missouri.
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Today, Baldwin is owned by the famous GibsonGuitar Company (in 2001).The following brands have been in use or are in development by Gibson, since 2003: A.B. Chase, Aeolian, Ampico, DH Baldwin (built in Arkansas since 2004, discontinued in 2008), Cable, Ellington (2003, made in China), Hamilton, Howard grand pianos, Ivers & Pond, J & C Fischer, Monarch, Mozart, Pianola, Pianovelle, Sargent.In 2006/2007, Gibson purchased the Dongbei Piano Group, the third biggest Chinese piano maker in the world.In 2008, Baldwin moved all production of pianos to factories in China (ownedby Gibson Guitars, Nashville, TN). Pianos are manufactured there for the USmarket, the Chinese domestic market, and otherinternational piano markets.Baldwin ceased piano production at itsonly remaining U.S. Factory in Trumann, Arkansas in December 2008. Thisfacility remains open as a US distribution and service center.Withoutany doubt and dispute, from the nine-foot concert grand to the fivefeet, two inch baby grand, every Baldwin piano demonstrates the most modernideas of acoustical science and piano making; its manufacture isprecision engineered, which gives each instrument the highest degree ofexcellence. Any Baldwin made piano is worth the time, money and energyto rebuild or refurbish.Baldwin Piano Serial Numbers / Piano AgeFind the age of your Baldwin piano using the serial number chart found below.