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{{Short description|Czech piano manufacturer}}
{{About|the Czech piano manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company
 | name              = Petrof
 | logo              = [[File:Petrof logo.svg|220px|Logo of Petrof]]
 | foundation        = 1864
 | founder           = [[Antonín Petrof]]
 | location_city     = 
 | location_country  = 
 | location          = [[Hradec Králové]], [[Czech Republic]]
 | area_served       = Worldwide
 | key_people        = Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová
 | industry          = [[Musical instrument]]s
 | products          = [[Piano#Grand|Grand piano]]s and [[Piano#Upright|upright piano]]s
 | production        = Yearly around 2,000 new grand pianos and 12,000 uprights<ref name="pianos">{{cite news |title=Drnek Piana - Klavíry a pianina značky PETROF |url=http://www.pianos.cz/zajimavosti-o-klavirech-a-pianinech/klaviry-a-pianina-znacky-petrof/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=Pianos.cz |language=cs}}</ref>
 | market cap        = 
 | revenue           = 
 | operating_income  = 
 | net_income        = 
 | assets            = 
 | equity            = 
 | owner             = 
 | num_employees     = about 1,000<ref name="pianos"/>
 | parent            = 
 | divisions         = 
 | homepage          = [http://www.petrof.com petrof.com]
}}

[[File:Building Fairs Brno 2011 (199).jpg|thumb|Petrof Grand Piano at exhibition]]
[[File:Inzerát Petrof 1895.jpg|thumb|upright|1895 ad for Petrof pianos]]

'''Petrof''' is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[piano]] manufacturer founded in 1864. It is the leading [[Europe]]an piano manufacturer, exporting to more than 60 countries.<ref name="nwp">[http://www.northwestpianos.com/pages/petrof Northwest Pianos, Petrof]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PETROF: Europe’s largest maker of acoustic pianos |url=https://english.radio.cz/petrof-europes-largest-maker-acoustic-pianos-8769075 |work=Radio Prague International |date=7 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== 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.

== Notable performers ==
Petrof pianos have been used by many famous musicians, including among others: [[Ray Charles]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]], [[Sviatoslav Richter]], [[Count Basie]], [[Richard Clayderman]], [[Ennio Morricone]], [[Renato Carosone]] and [[Mark Levinson (audio equipment designer)|Mark Levinson]].<ref name="nwp"/><ref>[http://www.petrof.com/classic.html?lang=2 Petrof famous owners and admirers]</ref>

== Models ==

=== Grand pianos ===
Current Grand Piano Models:<ref>{{Cite web|title=PETROF Grand pianos|url=https://www.petrof.com/petrof-grand-pianos|access-date=2020-12-11|website=www.petrof.com|language=en}}</ref>

* Master Series
** P 284 Mistral: {{convert|284|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 237 Monsoon: {{convert|237|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 210 Pasat:   {{convert|210|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
* Standard Series
** P 194 Storm:   {{convert|194|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 173 Breeze:  {{convert|173|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 159 Bora:    {{convert|159|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}

=== Upright pianos ===
Current Upright Piano Models:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Upright pianos|url=https://www.petrof.com/upright-pianos|access-date=2020-12-11|website=www.petrof.com|language=en}}</ref>

* Highest Series
** P 135 K1: {{convert|135|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 131 M1: {{convert|131|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
* Higher Series
** P 125 G1: {{convert|125|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 125 F1: {{convert|125|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 125 K1: {{convert|125|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 125 M1: {{convert|125|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 122 N2: {{convert|122|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 122 H1: {{convert|122|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
* Middle Series
** P 118 P1: {{convert|118|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 118 M1: {{convert|118|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}
** P 118 S1: {{convert|118|cm|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.petrof.com Official site]
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jan-petrof Jan Petrof Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Library]] (2012)
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/martin-kobza Martin Kobza Interview] at NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/zuzana-petrofova Zuzana Petrofová Interview] at NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
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[[Category:1864 establishments in the Austrian Empire]]