Parsons Music Group

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

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

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
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  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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