Founded in New York in 1853 by German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway, Steinway & Sons manufactures grand and upright pianos. Its instruments are built in company-owned factories in Astoria, New York, and Hamburg, Germany, using handcrafted methods developed over the company’s history.
C. F. Martin & Co., IncFounded in 1833, C. F. Martin & Co. is a family-owned and operated musical-instrument maker that has remained under family ownership for six generations. The company builds acoustic guitars and ukuleles, and has also manufactured its own strings since acquiring Darco Strings in 1970. Its instruments are handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, while Martin strings are made at the company’s facility in Navojoa, Mexico.NAZARETH, PA
QRS Music TechnologiesQRS Music Technologies develops self-playing piano systems and recording technology, pairing acoustic instruments with PNOmation controls, optical PNOscan sensors and a large digital music library. Based in Seneca, Pennsylvania, the company also makes player-ready grand and upright pianos, a space-saving PNODesk and the PNOmation OT retrofit system, which can turn a standard 88-note piano into a player piano. QRS traces its music-content business to 1900 and still draws on an archive of more than 5,000 master recordings and 45,000 music rolls.SENECA, PA
L. & J.G. StickleyL. & J.G. Stickley makes American furniture, including hardwood furnishings and upholstered pieces, and traces its history to the Stickley family’s furniture-making tradition. The company says that more than 90% of its products are handcrafted in Upstate New York or Archdale, North Carolina, and identifies the Audi family as its current owners after they acquired and revived the then-struggling company. Stickley describes its work as guided by time-honored craftsmanship and mindful manufacturing.MANLIUS, NY
Allen Organ CompanyFounded in 1937 by Jerome Markowitz, Allen Organ Company builds digital organs designed to reproduce the sound and flexibility of pipe instruments. Based in Macungie, Pennsylvania, the company pioneered digital sampling for organs and now manufactures its instruments in more than 250,000 square feet of vertically integrated facilities. Allen organs have been installed in more than 70 countries, with factory-trained service supporting them after installation.MACUNGIE, PA