Petrof have completed its new series of grand pianos and they will be on display at the 2009 NAMM Show

The Petrof piano factory was founded in 1864 by Antonin Petrof in Hradec Králové, an industrial town located 100 kilometers east of Prague in the Czech Republic in central Europe. Five generations of the Petrof family owned and managed the business, during which time the company kept pace with technical developments and earned prizes for its pianos at international exhibitions. The Czech Republic has long been known for its vibrant musical instrument industry, which also includes makers of brass, woodwind, and stringed instruments. At present Petrof exports to more than 60 countries of Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia.Since 2007, all the Petrof brand name instruments are signed by special holographic destructive label EEX (European Excellence Musical Instruments), which declare the European origin of each instrument. Certificate EEX is granted by Consortium of EEX and CAFIM (Confederation of European Music Industries). This label can not be removed without its destruction and can not be used for any other instrument. The label contains a secret safety design and is impossible to falsify it.

In 2008, PETROF completed its new series of grand pianos and firstly introduced it at the NAMM show 2009 as a complex. PETROF’s research and development department has created this new series with the addition of many new innovations. A new soundboard with computer designed and guided diaphragmatic tapering, measured and set by computer but finely completed by hand by PETROF’s craftsmen and women in the tradition of fine European Pianos. PETROF also has made a vast improvement on the bridges on this series with a change in design and used materials employing hard maple and ebony cap in top descant area for better transference of sound to the sound board giving power and beauty to the highest notes.

PETROF has also redesigned the iron plate for more stability and has added an adjustable bolt from the plate to the wooden cross block to add more stability to the iron plate for more tuning stability; it’s hard to believe they’re more stable than the previous models; then if that wasn’t enough PETROF added a steel “T” bar into the cross block for more stability yet!

R & D then moved on to the string area of these spectacular models adding laser measured tuned duplexing adding to the already great sound dynamics of this new series of pianos. They also have added single hitched strings, again for better sound and tuning stability and ease of service.

And to show all this off they have added new dramatic inside rim exotic woods to enhance the beauty of an already beautiful series of pianos.

The Mistral model (P 284) meaning wind is the new concert grand extending the tradition of fine European concert pianos. The Mistral is very suited for the largest of concert halls and university stages.

The Monsoon Model (P 237) is the next in this new line, very capable in the concert hall but also suited for the studio or academy venues as well as commercial uses in hotels and clubs and alike, and of course is a great addition to any home or home studio.

The Pasat (P 210) as is the Monsoon the Pasat is at home in the studio; but it is just as well suited for your home; and it is the choice of many music teachers for their teaching studios.
The Storm (P 194) is another addition to our “music on the winds” series and is very well suited for home use but as its larger brothers it to can be a fine studio, music school or stage piano.

The smaller grand model Breeze (P 173) is designed similarly as larger models, only without single individually hitched strings. The Breeze is intended for home use or education and training purposes.

Due to its size, the Bora (P 159) grand piano is ideal for the home and professional pianists who wish to practice at home. It is the smallest instrument of the New generation of PETROF grand pianos and it does not lack the characteristic romantic tone of PETROF grand pianos. Even though this piano is smaller, PETROF has used the most advanced structural elements of great concert instruments and the selected materials of the best quality making it sound much larger than it is.

It seems only fitting that the fifth generation of the PETROF family’s R&D department one of the largest of all piano manufactures has introduced the next generation of grand pianos. Through the ages music has been carried by the wind so to music will be carried by the newest generation of PETROF grand pianos.