The Pramberger name was used by Young Chang for its premium-level pianos under license from the late piano engineer Joseph Pramberger, who at one time was head of manufacturing at Steinway & Sons. When Pramberger died in 2003, his estate terminated its relationship with Young Chang and began a collaboration with Samick Corp. However, since Young Chang still holds the rights to its piano designs, Samick has designed new pianos to go with the name.

The origins of Pramberger trace back to Vienna in the early 1800’s when Joseph Johann Pramberger began building pianos under his family name. The company would grow and gain popularity throughout Europe under the direction of successive generations, remaining a family business for many years. The effects of WWII proved too devastating to recover from, so 4th generation family member Anton Pramberger emigrated to the United States to join several cousins and uncles working for Steinway & Sons. Anton’s son Joseph eventually began working with Steinway as well, where he would ultimately spend 30 years, culminating in a position at the executive level. In 1987, Joseph formed his own company, Pramberger Piano Ltd, with his own piano designs, with production taking place in Korea by Young Chang.

Today, Pramberger is owned by Samick, and pianos bearing the Pramberger name are built in Indonesia. Young Chang retained the original Pramberger scale designs, so Samick had to introduce their own designs. Samick currently manufactures Pramberger pianos in three levels of quality; the premium J.P. Pramberger Platinum series, the moderately priced Pramberger Signature series, and the entry-level Pramberger Legacy series.

Signature series instruments are a recreation of the older Young Chang designed Prambergers, featuring Canadian solid spruce soundboards and Renner or Abel hammers.
 

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