Stuart & Sons

Wayne Stuart founded the company in 1990 as Stuart & Sons Terra Australia Pty Limited. The company later evolved and formed a partnership with Albert Music. The company used to be based in Newcastle but in 2015, it relocated to Tumut at the base of the Snowy Mountains. == Pianos ==

Stuart & Sons uses Australian timbers for construction. The Dutch-Australian pianist and teacher Gerard Willems used a Stuart & Sons piano when recording the complete piano sonata cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven during 1999 and 2000. Stuart & Sons created a grand piano with 14 more keys than are found on a standard piano, for a total of 102 keys (C0 to F8) or eight and one half octaves. A model with 20 extra keys (108 keys in total, 9 octaves, C0 to B8, approximately 16.4 Hz to 7902.1 Hz) was built in 2018. ==Piano locations==

Stuart pianos are used at many locations throughout Australia, including: • Sydney Conservatorium of Music • Government House, Sydney • Admiralty House, Sydney • Powerhouse Museum Sydney • Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music • Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust • Clancy Auditorium Central Queensland University • Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Mackay, Queensland • Beleura House and Gardens, Mornington, Victoria • Hale School, Perth ==See also==