PLEYEL the oldest piano manufacturer in the world (since 1807) and the only one in France, is dedicated to produce high-end grand pianos and provides a rare, unique and contemporary design with a high quality of acoustics for people looking for refined music instruments, elegant Art de vivre, collector’s pieces.
At the beginning, Pleyel was a renowned musician and composer from the late eighteenth century onwards with 41 sympgonies and 70 quartets, quintets and operas to his name. At his death in 1831, Pleyel had become an established piano supplier to the Empress Josephine and all the European courts.
Today, all Pleyel pianos are 100% French made, entirely produced by Pleyel approved technicians and piano makers, involving more than twenty skills and crafts like : luthiery, cabinet working, varnish, precious veneers, marquetry, decor painting, lacquer and using the most innovative technologies.
With more than 270.000 pianos produced, Pleyel remains the piano of Chopin, with a refined colourful tone. It is one of the 1,000 companies being awarded the French State label of Living Heritage Company.
As an editor, Pleyel has built up one of the rarest collection of pianos, requiring rare skills, designed by renown designers (Andrée Putman, Hilton McConnico, Michele De Lucchi, Peugeot Design Lab), visual artists (Marco Del Re, Aki Kuroda, Maarten Baas) and interior designers (Alberto Pinto, reedition of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann).
Each of these instruments are produced according to the 3 models of the Pleyel pianos Classic Range: from 1.70 meters to 2.04 meters length. Pleyel pianos are sold and delivered all over the world.
A high-end furniture line was launched in 2010 under the supervision of designer Hilton McConnico. The collection expanded with many others, inculding some special orders for Hermes (Denis Montel for RDAI):
In 2014, A revolutionary Piano was born …. Pleyel teamed up with Peugeot Design Lab to create the best-looking piano in the world.
Unlike most whopping great grand pianos, you can actually see the pianist’s hands from almost every angle. The shape is, according to Peugeot, reminiscent of the aerodynamic hull of a boat. Peugeot reckon the most innovative bit of this pianistic marvel is the “lowering of the chord mechanism to line up perfectly with the keyboard,” which apparently means the pianist can hear it much more clearly, as can everyone else. This piano can still be made on special order.
