Stuart & Sons
Template:Short descriptionPage Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
 |
Script error: No such module "about".
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox company/styles.css has no content.
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. | |
Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| ISIN | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Industry | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Predecessor | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Incorporated | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Founded | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Founder | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Defunct | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Successor | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Grand pianos |
| Revenue | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". | |
| Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". | |
| Total assets | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
Number of employees | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Parent | Script error: No such module "WikidataIB". |
| Website | stuartandsons |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for deprecated parameters".
Stuart & Sons is an Australian manufacturer of handcrafted grand pianos. The company is based in Tumut in New South Wales.
History
Wayne Stuart founded the company in 1990 as Stuart & Sons Terra Australia Pty Limited. The company later evolved and formed a partnership with Albert Music.
The company used to be based in Newcastle but in 2015, it relocated to Tumut at the base of the Snowy Mountains.[1]
Pianos
Stuart & Sons uses Australian timbers for construction.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4][5] A model with 20 extra keys (108 keys in total, 9 octaves, C0 to B8, approximately 16.4 Hz to 7902.1 Hz) was built in 2018.[6][7] A model with 112 keys (A-1 to C9, one full octave both below and above the range of a standard 88-key piano) was built between 2022 and 2024, delivered to Rockford, USA in October 2024.[8]
Piano locations
Page Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
|
Stuart 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
- Hale School, Perth
See also
Other 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[7][9]
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stuart & Sons Contact Us". STUART & SONS. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stuart & Sons Grand Pianos". STUART & SONS. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ludwig van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Gerard Willems, Piano Stuart & Sons Piano". enjoythemusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grant, Neva. "Musical Innovation: A Grander Grand Piano". NPR Music. NPR. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Meacham, Steve (20 October 2010). "Notes from heaven: piano on a grand scale". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WHY 108 Keys..." STUART & SONS. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World's First 112 Key Acoustic Piano". Stuart Piano News and Events. October 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pianos | Pianos Stephen Paulello". www.stephenpaulello.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
External links
- Stuart and Sons Company Website
- Powerhouse Museum
- Silenced huon piano begins to shine
- Notes from heaven: piano on a grand scale
- Grand piano is key to innovation
- Why Does Wayne Stuart of Stuart and Sons Pianos Hate Me? (YouTube)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
