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 Pvt 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 a town at the base of the Snowy Mountains.
Pianos
Stuart & Sons uses Australian timbers for construction.
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.
Stuart & Sons created a grand piano with 14 more keys than are found on a standard piano, for a total of 102 keys or eight and one half octaves. A model with 20 extra keys was built in 2018.
Piano locations
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
See also
Other Australian piano manufacturers
Formerly: Beale Piano, now manufactured in China. Wertheim Piano
References
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)