Del took something that was already considered very good and elevated it to the next level incorporating innovative design elements like floating soundboards and removing duplex scaling from the smaller pianos.Ĭurrently the Del Fandrich designed Albert Weber pianos are hand built in Korea by their country's top piano builders using parts sourced from America, Europe and Asia. They hired and allowed Del Fandrich to completely upgrade the designs of their entire product offerings. In keeping with company's mission to build the finest products, they took a page from their automobile playbook and upgraded everything that the Albert Weber was from materials to design. Hyundai did something unprecedented after purchasing the Albert Weber piano company. They were designed by an international team headed by renowned American piano designer Del Fandrich, formerly head of design at the Baldwin piano company. Today, Albert Weber pianos can be called one of the first truly “world" pianos. Albert Weber - One of the First "World" Pianos Aoelian made Weber pianos until it closed in 1985, and sold the Weber name to Young Chang in 1986. While his company continued, it did not have the staying power of Steinway, and was sold to another industry pioneer, Aoelian, in 1905.
Weber, however, was only one man, while Steinway was made by a well-organized family. In the mid-1800s, the Weber piano competed neck-and-neck with the Steinway piano. He was a child prodigy as a piano player and created a piano that was known for its high quality and the “Weber tone.”
Albert Weber was the founder of the Weber Piano Company at the age of 24 in 1852. Albert Weber is the top of the line brand owned by Young Chang (Young Chang a Korean Company part of Hyundai Development Group), Albert Weber is analogous to an upscale car brand like Lexus, which is manufactured by Toyota. Albert Weber is a great old American piano brand and all Albert Weber pianos are designed and engineered in the USA and are part of our American piano brand line up.
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