Stuart & Sons is an Australian manufacturer of handcrafted grand pianos. The company is based in Tumut in New South Wales.[1]
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Wayne Stuart |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Grand pianos |
| Website | stuartandsons |
History
editWayne Stuart founded the company in 1990 as Stuart & Sons Terra Australia Pvt Limited. The company later evolved and formed a partnership with Albert Music.
The company used to be based in Newcastle[2] but in 2015, it relocated to a town at the base of the Snowy Mountains.[3]
Pianos
editStuart & Sons uses Australian timbers for construction.[4]
The Dutch-Australian pianist and teacher Gerard Willems used a Stuart & Sons piano when recording the complete piano sonata cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven during 1999 and 2000.[5]
Stuart & Sons created a grand piano with 14 more keys than are found on a standard piano, for a total of 102 keys (C0 to F8) or eight and one half octaves.[6][7] A model with 20 extra keys (108 keys in total, 9 octaves, C0 to B8, approximately 16.3 Hz to 7902.1 Hz) was built in 2018.[8][9]
Piano locations
editStuart pianos are used at many locations throughout Australia, including:
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- Government House, Sydney
- Admiralty House, Sydney
- Powerhouse Museum Sydney
- Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
- Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
- Clancy Auditorium Central Queensland University
- Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Mackay, Queensland
- Beleura House and Gardens, Mornington, Victoria
See also
editOther Australian piano manufacturers
Formerly:
- Beale Piano, now manufactured in China.
- Wertheim Piano
Other notable pianos of comparable size
- Imperial Bösendorfer (C0 to C8, 97 keys)
- opus 102 (102 keys) by Stephen Paulello[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Contact us". Stuart and Sons. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Contact us". Stuart and Sons. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Stuart & Sons Contact Us". Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Stuart & Sons Grand Pianos". STUART & SONS. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Ludwig van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Gerard Willems, Piano Stuart & Sons Piano". enjoythemusic.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ Grant, Neva. "Musical Innovation: A Grander Grand Piano". NPR Music. NPR. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Meacham, Steve (20 October 2010). "Notes from heaven: piano on a grand scale". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ King, Rosie (14 September 2018). "World's first 108-key concert grand piano built by Australia's only piano maker". ABC. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ a b "WHY 108 Keys..." STUART & SONS. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Pianos | Pianos Stephen Paulello". www.stephenpaulello.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.