
PETROF is currently the largest producer of acoustic grand and upright pianos in Europe. It trades in 5 continents and exports to over 65 countries the world over. Since 1864, when Antonín Petrof built his first piano, we have produced under the PETROF name roughly 630,000 instruments and many others within the PETROF Brand Family. Our pianos are popular among musicians above all for their unusually soft, gentle, rounded and romantic tone. Over the decades of their production much has changed, but precise work by hand, careful selection of materials and the unchanging romantic sound endure. Countless famous performers and well-known personalities have fallen in love with PETROF instruments, and the representatives of the fifth generation proudly continue in their honorable trade and family tradition.
It is an honor for me to be able to continue the tradition of producing splendid upright and grand pianos, begun by my great-great-grandfather more than 155 years ago. We at PETROF strive to ensure that our instruments bring pianists nothing but joy and pleasure, and continue to stir the hearts of music lovers throughout the world with their romantic, cultivated tone
Today the whole musical world knows the top quality instruments from the Hradec Králové factory. For this very reason, PETROF has gained a host of awards - from the King George Medal of the London Exhibition, through the Grand Prix of Paris, Barcelona, and Brussels, to the title „Family Silver“, and Czech Goodwill 2015. All instruments are also marked with the seal of European Excellence, which attests the European origin and the quality of the construction materials.
Antonín Petrof produced his first grand piano in 1864, thereby laying the foundations for the production of the masterly musical instruments of the PETROF brand. In the course of a few years, he turned a small workshop into a successful factory, which stands in Hradec Králové in the heart of the Czech Republic and Europe to this day. The path among the leading European piano manufacturers, however, was not always rosy ...
Yet despite this difficult path five generations of Petrofs have earned worldwide success. Their brilliantly pure, rich sound and excellent craftsmanship lend PETROF’s grand and upright pianos an unprecedented reputation. 80 % of the production process lies in the hands of our skilled pianomakers, intoners, and tuners, whose rich experience we have accumulated over many decades. Every instrument that leaves our factory represents the good name of its builders.
Today the whole musical world knows the top quality instruments from the Hradec Králové factory. For this very reason, PETROF has gained a host of awards - from the King George Medal of the London Exhibition, through the Grand Prix of Paris, Barcelona, and Brussels, to the title „Family Silver“, and Czech Goodwill 2015. All instruments are also marked with the seal of European Excellence, which attests the European origin and the quality of the construction materials.
Development activity at PETROF has a long tradition. In 1954 we founded our Department of Research and Development where we further perfect our instruments and measure and fine-tune every part of the piano that affects its acoustic properties. Our piano craftsmen hand down their skills from generation to generation, making PETROF one of the leading innovators in the piano-making industry.
The portfolio of grand and upright pianos known under the PETROF name is very wide and sufficient for the requirements of a diverse group of customers. It is, however, quite usual for us to build instruments exactly in line with customers’ wishes. Instruments whose designs are inspired by artistic styles such as rococo continue to be popular. Very modern instruments suitable for contemporary interiors have also appeared in recent years. Please look at our catalogues.
In November 2014, on the occasion of the company’s 150th anniversary, and in honor of its founder Antonín Petrof, we broadened our PETROF Brand Family portfolio by adding the top premium brand ANT.PETROF. Under this name, we produce concert instruments for the best players that embody the boldest dreams of the artist's soul and open the hearts of even the most critical audience.
The journey of the six generations of the Petrof family
Allow us to invite you on a short trip into the history of the PETROF company. Let us go back together into the past, when Antonín Petrof laid the foundations of the factory - now the largest producer of acoustic pianos in Europe - and recall the tortuous destinies of all six generations of the Petrofs and of the master piano-makers who work to this day in this honorable craft and family tradition.

BIRTH OF THE COMPANY FOUNDER, ANTONÍN PETROF
Antonín Petrof goes to Vienna to learn how to build grand pianos at the companies: HEITZMAN, EHRBAR, SCHWEIGHOFER
Construction of first PETROF grand piano; founding of company
Antonín Petrof transforms his father’s joinery workshop into a piano maker’s workshop in the old town behind the Cathedral of Svatý Duch (Holy Ghost)
Austro-Prussian battle at Hradec Králové – production is interrupted
New factory; production of harmoniums
A subsidiary in Temesvar in Hungary is opened
The company starts keyboard production and the construction of action
Start of upright piano production
Export of instruments; service centre and warehouse in Vienna
Antonín Petrof appointed court piano maker for Austria-Hungary
The company is transformed into a limited liability company, and Marie Petrofová is the confidential clerk. Not only the founder, but also his sons Jan, Jan, Antonín and from 1914 the youngest Vladimír (2ndgeneration) work for the company
After deaths of Antonín Petrof and his wife Marie the company passes to the youngest son Vladimír
Production of electro-pneumatic pianos and later radio-acoustic pianos is introduced. PETROF now exports also to Japan, China, Australia and South America
3rd PETROF generation managing the company; together with STEINWAY PETROF opens office in London
Grand Prix gold medal in Brussels
Nationalisation of company
Founding of Development Department
EXPO Brusel gold medal (PETROF Mondial)
4th PETROF generation managing the firm under Jan Petrof
A new modern research centre is opened with its own large-capacity free-field measuring chamber, the largest of its kind in the Czech Republic
Továrna na pianina, a. s. is established in Hradec Králové
Privatisation of the company by PETROF, spol. s r. o. is finalised
135th anniversary of establishment of the PETROF company
Factory returns to hands of Petrof family
Patenting of Magnetically Accelerated Action (MAA)
Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová becomes company president; company celebrates 140th anniversary
Mgr. Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová is appointed president of the European Federation of Music Instrument Manufacturers – CAFIM
Certificate of European Excellence (EEX)
Opening of the subsidiary PETROF USA
New generation of grand pianos
Cooperation with an audio-legend Mark Levinson (cabinets for speakers for high-end audio system DANIEL HERTZ)
Introduction of the new upright piano P 127 Next, the new instrument of modern design (Modern collection)
Opening of the PETROF Museum, director Ivana Petrof, the 5th generation of Petrof family
Launch of new premium brand ANT. PETROF; company celebrates 150th anniversary
Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová is named MANAGER OF THE YEAR
PETROF Art Family project (PAF)
Opening of a new cultural and commercial centre PETROF Gallery
Anna Prousková, PETROF Gallery director (6th generation of the Petrof family)

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