![]() ![]() In 1994 Estonia pianos were introduced to the U.S. After Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the factory struggled to maintain production. However, after Hiis’s death, in 1964, the quality of the pianos gradually declined, partly due to the fact that high-quality parts and materials were hard to come by during the Communist occupation of the country. The instruments became prominent on concert stages throughout Eastern Europe and, amazingly, more than 7,400 concert grands were made. In 1950 the Communist-dominated Estonian government consolidated many smaller Estonian piano makers into a factory managed by Hiis, making pianos under the Estonia name for the first time. His piano designs gained international recognition. The most famous of these was Ernst Hiis-Ihse, who studied piano making in the Steinway Hamburg and Blüthner factories and established his own company in 1893. ![]() Piano-making in Estonia goes back over 200 years under German influence, and from 1850 to 1940 there were nearly 20 piano manufacturers operating in the country. Estonia became free again in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. For centuries it was under Danish, Swedish, German, or Russian domination, and finally gained its independence in 1918, only to lose it again to the Soviet Union in 1940. Pianos made by: Estonia Klaverivabrik AS, Tallinn, EstoniaĮstonia is a small republic in northern Europe on the Baltic Sea, near Scandinavia.
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