Editing Petrof (section)

== History ==
The company was founded in 1864 in [[Hradec Králové]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], by [[Antonín Petrof]] (d. 1915), who had apprenticed at [[Vienna|Viennese]] companies such as [[Heintzman & Co.]], [[Friedrich Ehrbar]] and [[Schweighofer]].

The owner Antonín Petrof was awarded an imperial and [[royal warrant of appointment]] to the court of [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref>{{Citation
| year       = 1917
| title      = Handbuch des Allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates Seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät.
| publisher  =K.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
| publication-place =Vienna
| page       =517
| url        =
| accessdate =
}}</ref> In 1924 the company was exporting its pianos to Europe, Japan, China, Australia and South America.

At the World Exhibition 1934 in [[Brussels]], the Petrof instruments won the gold medal.<ref>[http://www.mapauspechu.cz/cs/mapa-uspechu/petrof-je-opet-na-vysluni-hraje-na-nej-i-paul-mccartney-sledujte-projekt-mapa-uspechu-v-poradu-ekonomika-ct-24.-ve-ctvrtek-16.-7.-2015-bude-hostem-mgr.-zuzana-ceralova-petrofova-prezidentka-spolecnosti-petrof-10150 NA PETROF HRAJE I PAUL MCCARTNEY - MAPA ÚSPĚCHU]</ref> At that time, approximately 400 people worked at their factory.

After the [[1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état]], the company was nationalized.

In 1991, the company was returned to the Petrof family.<ref name="radio.cz-1">
{{cite web
 |url-status     = dead
 |url         = http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/nachrichten-samstag-28-februar-1998
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130210042717/http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/nachrichten-samstag-28-februar-1998
 |archive-date = 2013-02-10
 |title   = Petrof – Privatization
 |author      = Neuveden
 |publisher   = [[Český rozhlas]]
 |work        = [[Radio Praha|radio.cz]]
 |date        = 1998-02-28
 |access-date = 2012-06-20
}}
</ref> Petrof is currently led by two sisters from the fifth generation of the Petrof family and produces annually approximately 2,000 [[grand piano]]s and 12,000 [[upright piano]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=History, PETROF, spol. s r.o. |url=https://www.petrof.com/history |website=Petrof.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="pianos"/> Petrof is known for several innovations, such as ways to adjust the mechanics and particularly pressure point through magnetic systems.<ref name="petrof-1">
{{cite web|title=PETROF Company history|periodical=Petrof.cz|publisher=Petrof|url=http://www.petrof.cz/historie.html?lang=3|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-06-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063250/http://www.petrof.cz/historie.html?lang=3|archivedate=2016-03-04|language=German}}
</ref><ref name="pragerzeitung">
{{citation|periodical=[[Prager Zeitung]]|title=From a Koeniggraetz-based workshop to all over the world|publisher=Prago Media|publication-place=Prag|date=2009-08-19|language=German
}}
</ref>

After 1993, the piano company [[G. Rösler]] of Česká Lípa, Bohemia was acquired.