Parsons Music Group

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Parsons Music Group (Chinese: 柏斯音樂集團, also known as Parsons Music Corporation) is a musical instruments manufacturer and retailer based in Hong Kong, China.

Company profile[edit]

Parsons was founded in 1986 by Terence and Arling Ng[1] and became China's largest music retailer with more than 100 retail locations and 80 music schools all around the country.[2][3] In its retail locations, Parsons sells acoustic and digital musical instruments including guitars, pianos, amplifiers, electronic keyboards, as well as sheet music and books.[4]

Pianos[edit]

Parsons manufactures pianos for its own brands (Yangtze River and Schönbrunn),[2] grand pianos for Baldwin[5] and manufactures a few Kawai models for sale only in Parsons Music's stores in China.[6][2]

Parsons is the majority shareholder of the German piano manufacturers Wilh. Steinberg since 2013[7][8] and Grotrian-Steinweg since 2015.[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Store, Parsons Music. "Company Profile and Achievements". Parsons Music Store. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. ^ a b c "PARSONS MUSIC". PianoBuyer. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. ^ "Company Profile | Parsons Music Limited 柏斯琴行".
  4. ^ "Parsons Music Corp - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  5. ^ "The Baldwin Story - Taylors Music Chester County". Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  6. ^ "Kawai Launches Digital Piano Factory in Shanghai - JMT Web News: Archives". www.musictrades.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. ^ "WILH. STEINBERG". BestPricePiano. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. ^ "In Pictures: New grand piano arrives at York Minster". The Northern Echo. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  9. ^ "New Shareholder - Grotrian". www.grotrian.de. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  10. ^ Germany, Braunschweiger Zeitung, Braunschweig (2018-09-14). "Klavierfinale von Grotrian-Steinweg weiter in Braunschweig". www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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