Parsons Music Group (柏斯音樂集團, also known as Parsons Music Corporation) is a musical instruments manufacturer and retailer based in Hong Kong, China.
Company profile
Parsons was founded in 1986 by Terence and Arling Ng[1] and became China's largest music retailer with more than 100 retail locations and 80 music schools all around the country.[2][3] In its retail locations, Parsons sells acoustic and digital musical instruments including guitars, pianos, amplifiers, electronic keyboards, as well as sheet music and books.[4]
Pianos
Parsons manufactures pianos for its own brands (Yangtze River and Schönbrunn),[2] grand pianos for Baldwin[5] and manufactures a few Kawai models for sale only in Parsons Music's stores in China.[6][2]
Parsons has been the majority shareholder of the German piano manufacturers Wilh. Steinberg since 2013[7][8] and Grotrian-Steinweg since 2015.[9][10] After Parsons took full ownership in 2025 the Grotrian-Steinweg factory has closed. [11]
External links
References
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- Kawai Launches Digital Piano Factory in Shanghai - JMT Web News: Archives www.musictrades.co.jp, retrieved 2020-12-19^
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- Grotrian-Steinweg piano factory shots down retrieved 2025-07-07^