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A lot has happened since 1864 when Antonín Petrof built his first piano. Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová, representative of the fifth generation of the Petrof family. The company is run by a Czech family and is currently headed by Mgr. The PETROF company has been operating in the factory in Hradec Králové since 1864. Can you tell us how Petrof started its business activity and how it has developed until today? Petrof is currently the largest piano factory in Europe. To know better this European giant of piano we interviewed Adam Prousek, Petrof's marketing manager.

On Sunday 30 September they will also host the concert of the pianist Alvaro Siviero. NAMM Oral History Interview Zuzana Petrofová, president (2012)Ĭoordinates: 50☁1′31.75″N 15★1′3.33″E / 50.1921528°N 15.8509250☎ / 50.1921528 15.This year, for the first time, the historical Czech piano brand Petrof is exhibiting at Cremona Musica Piano Experiece, thank to the collaboration between CremonaFiere and Czech Trade.NAMM Oral History Interview Martin Kobza, instrument designer (2012).NAMM Oral History Interview Jan Petrof, past president (2012).Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petrof. ^ "From a Koeniggraetz-based workshop to all over the world", Prager Zeitung (in German), Prag: Prago Media,.

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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. Petrof is known for several innovations, such as ways to adjust the mechanics and particularly pressure point through magnetic systems. Petrof is currently led by two sisters from the fifth generation of the Petrof family and produces approximately 2.000 grand pianos and 12.000 upright pianos. In 1948, Petrof was nationalized, though reprivatized between 19. At that time, approximately 400 people worked at their factory. In 1924 was company except for Europe exporting its pianos to Japan, China, Australia and South America.Īt the World Exhibition 1934 in Brussels, the Petrof instruments won the gold medal. The owner Antonín Petrof was awarded an imperial and royal warrant of appointment to the court of Austria-Hungary. 1915), who had studied piano making in Vienna at renowned companies such as Heitzmann, Friedrich Ehrbar und Schweighofer. The company was founded in 1864 in Hradec Králové, Czech Kingdom, by Antonín Petrof (d.