The Stuart and Sons company manufactures extended-range pianos, with all of their pianos having 97 or 102 keys.

Pleyel continues to manufacture pianos today, under the corporate auspices of the Manufacture Française de Pianos company.

More recently, the Stuart and Sons company has also manufactured extended-range pianos, with the first 102 key piano.

More recently Alberts has formed an alliance with Stuart & Sons to manufacture handcrafted pianos.

Heintzman suffered considerably during the Great Depression of the 1930s, but continued to manufacture pianos in the decades that followed, reaching production of 5000 instruments in 1967.

Härtel began to manufacture pianos, an endeavor which lasted until 1870.

Albrecht became one of the very first people in America to manufacture pianos.

In 1965, Baldwin constructed a new piano manufacturing plant in Conway, Arkansas, originally to manufacture upright pianos: by 1973, the company had built 1,000,000 upright pianos.

Baldwin has bought two piano factories in China in which they are manufacturing grand and vertical pianos.

The second article will examine Steinway's plant, which dates to the 1870's, and the extraordinary efforts required to manufacture pianos in New York City.