Pleyel Pianos

[faa2010]

How does a Pleyel piano sound?

Where can I order one in America?

[pianolive]

I believe that the Pleyel brand name was bought by Schimmel about 40 years ago, so if you find a Schimmel representative, dealer maybe they can help you.
I am in Europe and dont know about the US.

[pianolive]

https://www.pleyel.fr/contact.php

[richard black]

I've played a few old (OLD!) Pleyels that are quite nice instruments, but the very few (two or three) modern ones I've played seemed very restricted tonally and dynamically and felt unexciting too.

[keyboardclass]

I've got an 1870's upright on the way - will let you know.

[mfreeman]

Pleyel pianos are all unique.! 

Check here too please :

https://www.palacepianos.com/portal/tags/pleyel/

[hbofinger]

In the 90's here in D.C. there was a Pleyel for sale at the local Schimmel dealer. It was a good deal - around $10,000 for a 6' model. It was also clearly a Schimmel with a Pleyel label on it. It sat, and in the end a salesman of the dealership who was a pianist bought it for himself, mainly because it was a really good deal in his eyes.

Schimmel is kind of branded as a premium German piano in the U.S. The fact is that they are Germany's largest manufacturer, and are in fact more of a mass manufacturer than a "hand made" manufacturer. That being said, the overall quality is very good for someone who produces at their volume. However, last I saw a Pleyel it was easily and readily identifyable as an off-brand Schimmel. It's like Oldsmobile station wagon vs Buick station wagon vs Chevy station wagon on the same Fischer body in the 1980s.

[john90]

Yamaha owned a large stake in Schimmel for a while. This resulted in Yamaha supplying its silent system to Schimmel, so some Schimmel's were factory fitted with the Yamaha silent system. This deal came to an end when Yamaha sold its share of Schimmel, which is now Schimmel family owned I believe. Pleyel were owned by Schimmel, but got sold off a while ago, probably at the same time as Yamaha taking an interest in Schimmel. Schimmel stopped making pianos for a while after the family buy back. The brands are all separate again now as far as I know.