Nordiska Piano Serial Number 25740

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I had a chance to play 4 Nordiska pianos yesterday. They have a sound unlike any other Asian piano that I have heard. Build quality was excellent for a Chinese piano, action was good in its' price range (although the store said thorough prep was mandatory), pedals were good. Got a chance to play a 5', 5'5' and two 6'1'.

Nordiska Piano Serial Numbers. The History of the Piano and events that lead to the piano from 1157 to 2015 a time line of the history of the piano. A History of the Piano, 1157. Ajello & Sons pianos with serial numbers around. Nordiska: Vertical Pianos: 109-CM 114-MC 114-MCH 116-CB 116-CB 116-MC 118-CGT 118-MC 120-CA.
Year and serial number: 1961 – – – – 1011 2003 – 6011: Comments. The original Nordiska piano is similar to Fazer and quite common in the UK. Since 1988, Nordiska pianos have been made by DongBei Piano Group Co. Of Liaoning, China. Back to Makes List.

Company	Place	Years active	Acquired by	Notes
A. B. Chase	Ohio	1875	Aeolian-American Corp until Aeolian went out of business.	Since 2001 the A.B Chase name has been used by Wrightwood Enterprises Inc. on pianos made by the Dongbei Piano Co. in China.
A. M. McPhail^[1]	Boston, MA	1837–c. 1950
A. Mittag	Berlin	1800
Aeolian Company	New York City	1868–1985	Merged with Ampico in 1932. Ampico rebranded as Aeolian in 1941.
Charles Albrecht	Philadelphia, PA and Long Island, NY	1789–present	Acquired by Schultz & Sons Manufacturing Corp., New York	Manufactured in Long Island from 1993–present. One of the earliest pianos made in America. The first known piano by Albrecht is located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.^[2]
Allen Brook	London
American Piano Company	East Rochester, NY, US	1908–1941	Aeolian Company	aka. Ampico
Artmann	Shanghai, China	1998–present
Astin Weight	Salt Lake City	1959–1999
Alexander Herrmann KG	Sangerhausen, Germany	1803–1993
Babcock	Boston	1810
Baldwin	Cincinnati, OH, US	1890–2001	Gibson Guitar Corporation
Christian Baumann	Zweibrücken, Germany	1740–1816
Baumgardt Piano	Stockholm, Sweden	1859
Baus Piano Company	New York City	1895–1929	Jacob Doll Piano Company	Factories located at Southern Blvd. and Trinity Ave. They built a full line of upright pianos, player pianos, and grand pianos. It was acquired circa 1910; went out of business in the Great Depression
Beale Piano	Sydney	1893–1975
Becker Brothers	New York	1892–1940	They Also built pianos under the Bennington name, and player pianos under the Mellotone and Playernola name as well.
Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik AG	Berlin and Seifhennersdorf, Germany	1853–present	Was owned by Baldwin in 1963. Also manufactured Zimmermann brand after 1992
Behr Brothers Piano Company	Kohler & Campbell
Belarus^[3]	Belarus	1935–present	Also manufactures brands Sängler & Sohne, Schubert and Wieler
Bell	Canada
Bentley Piano Company
Brinkerhoff
Beulhoff
Blüthner	1853
Bohemia Piano
Boisselot & Fils	France	1831–1908	The brand became Boisselot Fils & Co. in 1847, after the passing of his father Jean-Louis Boisselot.
Borgato	Venice, Italy	1991–present
Bösendorfer	Vienna, Austria	1828	Yamaha	Acquired in 2007
Brødrene Hals	Oslo	1847–1925
Brinsmead	London	1835
Broadwood and Sons	London	1774–present
Brodmann^[4]	Vienna and Hong Kong	2004-	Parsons Music Hong Kong
C. Burlman & Co.
Cable and Sons	New York	1852
Cable, Hobart M.	La Porte, IN, US	1900–1960s	brand was purchased by American Sejung in the 1990s
Cable Company	Chicago	1880
Camp & Company	New York City	1879-1930	Kohler & Campbell now Samick
Cavendish Pianos	Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire	2012–present
Challen	London	1804
Chappell Pianos	London	1811
Charles R. Walter	Elkhart, IN, US	1975
Charles Stieff	Baltimore	c. 1852–1951	often referred to as 'The poor man's Steinway'
Chas. S. Norris	Boston	c. 1930
Chernobieff	Lenoir City, TN, US	2010	Maker of Mammoth Vertical Concert Grand piano
Chickering and Sons	Boston	1823–1983	American Piano Company	Acquired in 1908
Collard & Collard	London
Cunningham Piano Company	Philadelphia	1891
Currier Piano Co.	Boston and Marion, NC, US	1823, 1969	Acquisition details
Clementi
Danemann	London	1893
Decker Brothers	New York	1862
Eastman
Edmund	British Columbia
Érard	Paris	1777
Emerson Piano Company	Boston
Estey Piano Corp	1869
Estonia Piano Factory	Estonia	1893–present
EUTERPE
Fahr Albert	Zeitz, Germany	1887–1950
Falcone^[5]	Haverhill, MA, US	1982–1993	American Sejung Corp.
Fandrich & Sons	Stanwood, WA, US	c. 1989–present
Fazioli	Sacile, PN, Italy	1978–present
Feurich	1851
J.&C. Fischer	New York	1840-(1940's sold to Aeolian Piano Co.)
August Förster	Löbau, Germany	1859–present
Francis Connor	New York	1871
Fritz Dobbert	São Paulo, Brazil	1950
Gabler	New York	1851
Gaveau	Paris	1847
Generalmusic	Italy and Bensenville, IL, US
Glenz (Josef)	Breslau
Timothy Gilbert	Boston	1827
Goetzmann	New York
Grinnell	Detroit, Michigan	1902–Present	Samick	Sold under names Lenard, Clayton, Holly, Uxbridge and Playtona. Address: 1515 Woodward Ave.
Grotrian-Steinweg	Braunschweig, Germany	1835–present
Gunther^[6]	Brussels	1845–1960
Haddorf Piano Company	Rockford, Illinois	1902–1960	Maker of Steinbach, Clarendon & Dreher
Haines Brothers	New York	1832
Hallet, Davis & Co	Boston	1843	Hallet, Davis, & Co. is now owned by North American Music, Inc. and has been in production since the original Hallet, Davis & Company was formed in Boston in 1843 by George H. Davis, Russell Hallet, and other partners. It was originally Brown and Hallet in 1835. Hallet & Davis was reconstituted by Davis with another Hallet (Benjamin Franklin Hallet) in Boston in the 1850s.^[7] The W. W. Kimball Company acquired Hallet & Davis in the early 1900s. In 1905, the Conway Company, a holding company, acquired the Hallet & Davis name from Kimball. In 1927, Conway disposed of its piano business.^[8] In the mid-twentieth century, the Hallet & Davis name, as well as many other U.S. piano brands, were consolidated under the Aeolian-American Corp., which declared bankruptcy in 1985.	Known as Brown and Hallet from 1835 to 1843, Hallet, Davis, & Co. is the oldest United States Piano Name still in production. Continuing the Hallet & Davis brand, and appropriate to its Boston association, there was a trademark submission in 1998 for 'HALLET, DAVIS & CO. BOSTON' as was applied for by North American Music, Inc., a piano distributor.^[9] The application was 'Refused/Dismissed or Invalidated' by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO).^[10] The very next year, in 1999, North American Music applied again for a Hallet & Davis trademark, but this time simply as 'HALLET, DAVIS & CO.' (removing 'BOSTON'), which was ultimately granted in 2001 by the USPTO.^[11] The Pearl River Piano Group of China (which manufactures HD&C pianos as well as Essex Pianos for Steinway & Sons), puts 'Boston' under the HD&C and thus providing the continuity of Lineage to its roots in Boston, MA.
Hansmann
Hardman Peck	New York	1842
Heichele, Johann	Ljubljana, Trieste	1790–1813
Heintzman & Co.	Toronto	1866
Henk Hupkes	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	2007–present	Build in cooperation with Thüringer Pianoforte, Eisenberg, Germany
Herbert	Milwaukee, WI US
Hobart M. Cable	La Porte, Indiana, US	1900	American Sejung Corp.
Hornung & Møller	Copenhagen, Denmark	1827–1972
Hupfield	1880
Ibach	1794
Irmler	Leipzig and Poland
Søren Jensen	Copenhagen, Denmark	1893–1921
J. Erbe Eisenach	Germany	1881
J. Strauss & Son	1925
Julius Bauer & Co	Chicago
Kawai	Hamamatsu, Japan	1930–present	Also owns the Shigeru Kawai brand
Kemble	1911
Kimball	Chicago	1857	see Kimball International
Kirschner	New York
Klavins Piano Manufaktúra Kft.	Vác, Hungary	2017–present
Knabe	Baltimore	1837	American Piano Company	Acquired in 1908
Knight, Ltd.	1935
Kohler & Campbell	New York	1896	Samick
Krakauer Bros	New York	1869
Kranich & Bach	1864
Kurtzmann
Albert W. Ladd & Company	Boston	1838
Lauter Piano Co.	Newark, NJ, US	1862–1930
Leipziger Pianofortefabrik	1835
Lesage Piano Company^[12]	Quebec	Willis & Co.	Acquired in 1907
Lester Piano Company^[13]	Lester, PA, US	1888–1960	Also manufactured brands Channing, Alden, Bellaire, Schubert and Leonard
Lindeman & Sons	New York	1836
Ludwig & Company	St. Louis, MO, US	1895
M. Schulz Piano Co.	Chicago	1869–1930s	Company manufactured and sold pianos under the names of M. Schulz, Walworth, Bradford, Irving, and Maynard, and Aria Divina. They were also sold under the names Brinkerhoff (from teens until about 1950s) and Schriver & Sons.
Maene	Ruiselede, Belgium	1938–present	Founded by Parents Albert Maene-Doutreloigne
Marshall & Wendell	New York City	1875-1953
Mason & Hamlin	Boston	1854–present	Part owned by The Cable Company (from 1904–1924). Acquired by American Piano Company (1924), Aeolian (c. 1929), Aeolian-American (1932), (Various owners from 1940s–1980s), Sohmer & Co. (1985), and Burgett, Inc. (1996)	This brand has changed hands and factories many times in its history. See main article.
Mason & Risch	Ontario
Mathushek	New York	1852–1879	New Haven 1866
Mehlin & Sons	New York	1853–1960
Melville Clark company	DeKalb	Purchased by Baldwin in 1919
Mendelssohn	Canada
Moore and Moore	London
Muir, Wood and Company^[14]	Edinburgh, Scotland	1798–1818	Wood, Small and Company	Wood, Small and Company was formed at John Muir's Death in 1818
Murdoch, McKillop & Co	Edinburgh, Scotland
Joseph Newman	Baltimore	1829
Newman & Bros.	Baltimore	1842
Nordheimer	Canada
Obermann & Sohn
Overs	Sydney, Australia
Pape	Paris	1817
Stephen Paulello	Villethierry, France	present
Pearl River Piano Group	Guangzhou, China	1956–present
Perzina	Lenzen, Germany and Yantai, China	1871–present
Petrof	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	1864–present
Petzold	Paris	1806
Pfeiffer	Stuttgart, Germany	1862
Prate	Canada
Pirsson	New York	1829
Pleyel	Paris	1807
QRS	1900
Quidoz	Quebec
Rainer	Canada
Reed & SonsChicago, Il. USA	1842
Rubenstein	2005–present
Manuel Samaniego^{[citation needed]}	Madrid	c. 1800s–1892
Samick	Incheon, South Korea	1958–present
San Francisco Piano Co.
Sauter^[15]^[16]	1819–present
Adam Schaaf^[17]	Chicago	1873–1930s	also sold as Clarion and Orpheus
Schiedmayer	1853
Schiller Piano Company^[18]	Oregon, Illinois	1890–1936	Cable Company
Schimmel	Germany	1885–present
Scholze
Schultz & Sons	Brooklyn, NY and Long Island, NY	1948–present	In Brooklyn 1948–1973. In Long Island 1974–present. Schultz & Sons has an exclusive arrangement with several manufacturers to make pianos that arethen modified and enhanced in the Schultz & Sons factory. Schultz & Sons has applied for patents on its unique innovations in Action, Scale, and Soundboard design. Schultz & Sons alsocontrols the Charles Albrecht name. They produce Grands, Consoles, and Uprights. In addition tothe Schultz & Sons serial number, pianos have the original manufacturers serial number.^[2]Pianos with the following second serial numbers were originally made by: Kawai starting with 1955160Sohmer starting with 244540Nakamichi starting with 057493 Kohler & Campbell starting with 798777 ^[2]
Schulze & Pollman
Schweighofer	1792–1938
Sears, Roebuck & Company^[19]	Chicago	c. 1900–1930	Also manufactured/sold brands Beckwith, American Home, Maywood, Beverley, and Caldwell
Seiler	1849	Samick
Sezemsky	Chicago	1886–1901
Sherlock-Manning	Ontario
Sherman Clay	San Francisco
Shomacker	Philadelphia	c. 1840s
Shondorff	New York
Sjuman Instruments	Indonesia	2015
F.G. Smith	New York	1866
Sohmer & Co.	New York	1872
Starr Piano Company	Richmond, Indiana	1872–1950	Originally named the Trayser Piano Company, after one of its founders, George Trayser. They also produced a more affordable, yet exceptional quality, piano line, the 'Richmond Piano Company', which was sold alongside theirs in showrooms. Also known for founding Gennett Records.
Steck	New York	1857	American Sejung Corp.
Steinbach & Dreher	Rockford, Illinois	1902–1960	Actually made by Haddorff Piano company.
G. Steinberg	Berlin, Germany	1908–present
Steingraeber & Söhne^[20]	Bayreuth, Germany	1852–present
Steinway & Sons	New York and Hamburg, Germany	1853–present
Sterling Piano Company	Derby, CT, US	1866–1967	Founded in 1845 as The Sterling Organ Company by Charles A. Sterling, the company merged with the Winter Piano Company after the Great Depression. They also produced the cheaper, but reputable, Huntington Piano.
Story & Clark	Los Angeles	1884
Straube Piano Company	Downers Grove, Illinois (1895–1904) Hammond, Indiana (1904–1940) Chicago Heights (1940–1942) Rockford, Illinois (1942–1949)	1895–1949	C.G. Conn (1942)	Manufactured Straube, Hammond, Gilmore, and Woodward; receiver's sale in 1934; bankruptcy in 1937 — remaining assets, including name and patents continued in 1937 in the newly formed Indiana corporation, Straube Pianos Inc.
Streicher^[16]	1802
Strich & Zeidler^[21]^[22]	New York City	1889–1930s	Also manufactured Homer brand
Stuart and Sons	Newcastle, Australia	present
Stuyvesant	New York
Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation	Japan	1953
Thos Goggan & Brothers	Texas
Thürmer	1834
Uebel & Lechleiter	Heilbronn, Germany	1872–1987
United Piano Makers	New York	c. 1800s
Verdugo e Hijo	Quito, Ecuador	1995–present
Waldberg	Berlin	c. 1890
Weber (New York)^[12]	New York	1852	Young Chang
George Weber & son, John	Chicago	1917
Weber (Ontario)^[12]	Kingston, ON, Canada	1862	Lesage Piano Company
Whaley-Royce	Toronto	[1]
Whelpdale, Maxwell & Codd	1876
George Wilkinson	London	1811
Wilh. Steinberg	Germany	1877
Willis & Company Ltd.^[23]	Montreal	1889–1979	Acquired Lesage Piano Company in 1907. Also manufactured Newcombe
Wolfframm Dresden	Dresden, Germany	1872–1930s	Started out under brand name Apollo
Wornum	London	1811
Wood, Small and Company^[24]	Edinburgh, Scotland	1818–1829	Successive firms were Wood and Company, J. Muir Wood Company, and Small, Bruce and Company	Continued until Andrew Wood's Death in 1829
Wornum	London	1811
Wurlitzer	Cincinnati, OH, US	1856–1988	Baldwin	Also sold under the names Apollo, De Kalb, Julius Bauer, Farney, Kingston, Kurtzman, Merrium. Schaff Bros. and Underwood.
Yamaha	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan	1887–present	Acquired Bösendorfer in 2007. See also List of Yamaha products
Young Chang	Seoul, South Korea	1956	Hyundai Development Company	Acquired in 2006
Zimmermann	Seifhennersdorf, Germany	1884–2011	Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik AG	Acquired in 1992

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