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February 22, 2012, 15:49
Kemble
With a rich heritage of piano innovation, tradition and craftsmanship spanning a century, Kemble pianos are well known for their rich, warm and intimate sound qualities.
Designed in Britain, each Kemble piano continues to reflect our tradition of uncompromising commitment to craftsmanship, design and quality; and the mainstays of the Kemble Sound - a European spruce "Strunz" soundboard and select materials throughout - continue to deliver pianos of the highest quality and performance.
History
Kemble Pianos was founded in 1911 by Michael Kemble in Stoke Newington, North London - the centre of the UK's piano manufacturing activity at that time.
Michael Kemble's son, Robert, took over the business in the 1950s and moved the company to a state-of-the-art factory in Bletchley, near today's new city of Milton Keynes. Sales were growing rapidly and the company needed to expand production.
1968 saw the Kemble family enter into a joint venture with The Yamaha Corporation of Japan and, over the next few years, the joint partners established Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd.
In 1985 Kemble and Co. started making a range of acoustic pianos for Yamaha, to be sold in the UK market and, two years later, Yamaha chose Kemble to become its European manufacturing partner.
Founder Michael's grandson, Brian Kemble, was appointed Managing Director in 1986.
Kemble and Co. was recognized in 1992 by the granting of The Queen's Award for Export Achievement, the only British company in the piano industry ever to receive this accolade.
In 2009 Kemble collaborated with Austrian piano manufacture Bosendorfer and released the Special Edition Chopin model in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth.
2009 - Manufacturing of Kemble pianos moved to Yamaha's factories in the Far East.
2011 - Kemble will celebrate 100 years of designing and making fine pianos.
Sound
We are justly famous for our rich and distinctive "European" sound – a characteristic largely attributable to the quality of the wood used in our soundboards. We use "Strunz" Bavarian Spruce soundboards which comes from sustainable managed forests and is widely regarded as the best tone wood available. The stability of the crown (curvature) of the soundboard is also important - to maintain this we use individually shaped spruce ribs. Our skilled technicians carefully "tone" each of the premium felt hammer heads as part of the final preparation process.
Touch
Kemble touch is superbly responsive, being both smooth and even - the result of using our precision engineered action and its fine adjustment by our craftsmen. In addition, whereas some manufacturers compromise on their key material, our keys are made from spruce, a wood renowned for its stability in different climatic conditions.
Design
Our own designers have been schooled in the long and rich tradition of British furniture design, and have created a rather special range of elegant designs. In addition, we have commissioned Conran and Partners, a premier British design firm, to create exciting new styles for us.
Finish
Kemble pianos are meticulously finished in satin or high gloss polyester. We are also famous for the quality of our hand selected wood veneers. The beauty of our cabinets speaks for itself.
Tuning Stability
The use of substantial spruce back grids throughout the range, combined with our vacuum process cast iron frame and Delignit tuning plank ensures that Kemble backs comfortably support over 20 tons of tension and provide excellent tuning stability.
Value
The combination of high-quality components, great design, skilled and dedicated craftsman plus modern technology, means a Kemble piano represents unbeatable value for money.
Quality
Each piano goes through an exhaustive checking process with every note being tested at least 250 times. Our commitment to quality ensures that a Kemble will give you a lifetime of pleasure. Our pianos are played in many of the world's most famous music institutes including the Musikhochschule at Karlsruhe and the new Paris Opera House. Nick Gingell of the Royal Albert Hall, London wrote of our piano "the durability and high quality of the instrument are testimony to the workmanship and skill of Kemble Pianos."
Taken from Official site