Walter Piano Company, Inc
TypePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1969 (1969)
FounderCharles Walter
Headquarters
Elkhart, Indiana
,
United States
ProductsPianos
Websitewalterpiano.com/

Walter Piano Company, Inc. (also known as Charles R. Walter Piano Company) is an American piano-manufacturing company in Elkhart, Indiana. Run by the Walter family, to which many of the workers belong,[1][2] the company hand-crafts its pianos in an Elkhart factory.[3]

In 1969, Charles Walter, formerly the head of Piano Design and Developmental Engineering at C.G. Conn,[4] bought the Janssen piano name from Conn. He founded a company to make pianos under the Janssen name.[5] In 1975, Walter started his own line of console and studio upright pianos. In 1991, the company ceased to produce pianos under the Janssen brand. In 1997, the company introduced a grand piano under its own brand.[5]

In 2023, Walter Piano's now defunct showroom has a Roland sign on a wall.

Piano models

As of 2020, the Charles R. Walter line of pianos consists of four models:[6]

  • Grand Piano
    • W 190 (6' 4")
    • W 170 (5' 9")
  • Upright Console Piano
    • Walter 1520 (43")
  • Upright Studio Piano
    • Walter 1500 (45")

References

  1. ↑ "Learn More About the Charles Walter Company in this Exclusive Interview". December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Charles R Walter Pianos from Chicago Pianos . com - All About Kingsburg Pianos".
  3. ↑ "Made In Michiana: Walter Piano Company". ABC57. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Good, Edwin M. (2014). "Walter Piano Co. [Charles R. Walter Piano Company]". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258676. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "WALTER, CHARLES R." PianoBuyer. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Grand Pianos - Console Pianos - Studio Pianos by Walter Piano". www.walterpiano.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.


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