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KIMBALL TODAY
Kimball Pianos USA, Inc. is owned by its founder, Edward F. Richards, an accomplished Pianist and Registered Piano Technician. Edward’s passion is to bring known brands to market with renewed and improved quality construction elements at unparalleled value pricing.
CRITIQUE BY THE PIANO BOOKThe Piano Book is a well-known industry reference guide highly respected for its accurate critique of the construction of pianos available in the industry today. The Piano Book, now in its Fourth Edition, has been the standard consumer reference in the piano business in the United States and Canada since 1984 and is the only book of its kind. It is written and by Larry Fine and is available at the publisher's website. You may click The Piano Book image below for a link to their website. The following is an excerpt from the 2008-09 Annual Supplement to The Piano Book discussing Kimball today.
"Kimball a name with a long history in the piano world is now being produced by Kimball Piano USA, Inc. which acquired the rights to the Kimball name in 2005. Kimball International, the previous owner of the brand, which produced pianos from 1959-1996, was primarily a furniture maker that mass produced a very average piano.
In contrast, Kimball is now controlled by an American piano technician who has returned Kimball to its historical roots in Chicago and says he is placing the company’s focus on the musical instrument and on technical details of American piano design and construction. The result of this new focus is a new line of Kimball grands that include the 5’1” Model K-1 and the 6’2” Model K-3. In 2008, Kimball introduced its new line of verticals, the K-44 is a 44” American furniture console with hand-rubbed lacquer finishes in Cherry and Oak. The K-49 is a 49” Upright utilizing full Agraffes and a German Strunz premium solid spruce soundboard."
2008-2009 Annual Supplement to The Piano Book, copyright 2008, by Lawrence Fine.
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July 30 - August 1, Lombard, IllinoisThe National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center70 Yorktown Shopping CenterLombard, IL 60148(650) 719-8000 www.FrancesClarkCenter.org Visit Us - Booths: 40 & 41 Thurs & Friday, July 30 and 31, 9am to 6pm Saturday, August 1st 9am to 2pm
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MTNA, March 2009, Atlanta, GA
BELOW: MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition Winner, Anna Bulkina of TX in the foreground at the Kimball Model K1 Grand, practicing just hours before her competition winning performance, accompanied by Chuifun Poon of Hong Kong, who's playing on the Sohmer Model S-180