US Piano Sales History

U.S. Piano Sales History
From 1900 to Present

	VERTICALS		GRANDS		ELEC. AUG. PIANOS		TOTALS
YEAR	UNITS	RETAIL VALUE	UNITS	RETAIL VALUE	UNITS	RETAIL VALUE	UNITS	RETAIL VALUE

1999	59,946	218,802,000	32,155	450,170,000	9,216	129,024,000	101,347	797,996,000
1998	66,541	239,500,000	33,600	470,400,000	6,618	89,300,000	106,759	799,200,000
1997	60,827	228,101,000	28,356	411,162,000	5,526	74,600,000	94,709	713,863,000
1996	53,032	196,250,000	26,551	372,250,000	4,773	60,175,000	84,356	628,975,000
1995	66,055	226,238,000	27,989	371,833,000	4,185	52,312,000	98,229	650,383,000
1994	65,794	212,185,000	28,999	347,083,000	3,985	45,928,000	98,778	605,196,000
1993	68,811	207,465,000	27,613	320,766,000	3,297	37,932,000	99,721	566,163,000
1992	73,513	203,337,000	29,369	312,369,000			102,882	515,705,000
1991	79,086	210,843,000	27,855	287,826,000			106,941	498,669,000
1990	84,186	224,443,000	27,742	277,420,000			111,928	501,863,000
1989	97,691	257,220,000	28,626	276,699,000			126,317	533,919,000
1988	109,348	264,185,000	32,349	304,598,000	PNEUMATIC PLAYERS		141,697	568,783,000
1987	131,000		38,500		5,493		174,993	682,725,000
1986	131,776		33,400		1,379		166,555	619,763,000
1985	116,675		27,641		6,984		151,300	480,690,000
1984	142,330		26,212		11,458		180,000	526,100,000
1983	168,954		20,340		7,706		197,000	454,345,000
1982	174,484		20,583		7,933		203,000	421,682,000
1981	201,534		19,933		9,533		231,000	458,304,000
1980	210,717		18,000		4,283		233,000	424,060,000
1979	251,600		19,000		5,000		275,600	452,000,000
1978	257,172		20,000		5,000		282,172	411,971,000
1977	235,918		18,000		5,000		258,918	345,914,000
1976	225,235		16,000		5,000		246,235	303,608,000
1975	203,329		14,000				217,329	260,795,000
1974	232,405		16,000				248,405	273,246,000
1973	232,701		15,000				247,701	239,179,000
1972	215,507		17,000				232,507	208,924,000
1971	189,214		16,000				205,214
1970	178,814		15,000				193,814	164,000,000
1969	205,633		14,024				219,657
1968	213,378		12,000				225,378
1967	211,800		10,500				222,300
1966	234,800		9,000				243,800
1965	235,600		8,000		2,000		245,600	189,000,000
1964	213,000		7,000				220,000
1963	209,100		6,500				215,600
1962	202,200		6,000				208,200
1961	186,100		5,500				191,600
1960	163,200		5,000		30,000		198,200	148,650,000
1959	195,100		4,500				199,600
1958	178,873		4,044				182,917
1957	191,134		4,556				195,690
1956	205,004		4,800				209,804
1955	188,699		4,751				193,450
1954	161,753		4,171				165,924
1953	160,638		3,970				164,608
1952	149,515		4,005				153,520
1951	142,931		5,358				148,289
1950	169,397		6,114				175,511	125,000,000
1949	130,378		5,238				135,616
1948	159,289		5,938				165,227
1947	139,641		4,314				143,955
1946	67,738		1,217				68,955
1945
1944
1943
1942	(3 Months)						61,505
1941	139,799		20,025				159,824
1940	116,791		19,541				136,332	95,000,000
1939	94,450		19,593				114,043
1938	69,915		19,589				89,504
1937	76,055		29,954				106,009
1936	58,958		31,400				90,358
1935	35,162		29,924				65,504
1934	22,184		25,009				47,193
1933	12,923		21,380				34,303
1932	9,528		17,746				27,274
1931	20,075		31,677		1,838		53,590
1930
1929							130,973
1928
1927							218,140
1926
1925							306,584
1924
1923							347,589
1922
1921							221,210
1920
1919							336,547
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914							322,652
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909							364,545
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904							261,197
1903
1902
1901
1900							171,138

Source:
From 1900 to 1959: Piano Shipments reported by the National Piano Manufacturers Association.
From 1960 to Present: Piano Sales reported in "MUSIC USA" published by the American Music
Conference and the National Association of Music Merchants.