12/26/2023 0 Comments Young chang upright piano wightsFrom the mid-nineteen-sixties, Young Chang produced pianos from Seoul and Incheon in South Korea, adding a Chinese-based factory in 1995. Today, they are still producing pianos and remain amongst the largest manufactures of pianos. Interestingly, Young Chang also manufactures ‘Weber’ pianos, a name adopted knowing the European bias towards the German piano manufacturers. ‘Weber Pianos’ was founded in 1986 and like Young Chang, is available today. ![]() Where the questions surrounding the quality of the Bergmann (Young Chang) pianos may herald from is the fact that shortly after Young Chang opened a $40 million factory in China (Tianjin), the Korean piano technicians did not remain at the plant. Even though the aim in opening this factory was to manufacture entry-level pianos, once the founding and highly experienced workers returned to South Korea, the quality of the instruments dramatically dropped. Any company trying to recover from this has a major battle on its hands, especially given the immense rivalry in the market. The established Samick Musical Instrument Company purchased a huge amount of the Young Chang stocks in 2004, effectively taking control of the industry. Unfortunately, the takeover was deemed to be an unfair one by the Korean Fair-Trade Commission and this, in turn, led to the bankruptcy of Young Chang. In 2006, the company rallied and bounced back into the world of piano manufacturing under the new company name of HDC Young Chang. It is this company that now makes the pianos that were once referred to as Bergmann. ![]() The Bergmann/Young-Chang story does not conclude at this stage. Pianos are still being manufactured today by Young Chang but marketed under new names. According to the information on their website, a ‘redesigned’ product line began in 2009 that introduced an exciting collaboration with Delwin Fandrich. Fandrich is from the information on ‘ Pianos Plus’ not only a contributor to the new design of Young Chang pianos but from 2014 has brought his talents to the name of Weber pianos too. (Remember these are a sub-category of the ‘Bergmann line’).
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