The story
After the Second World War, the company concentrated their efforts into making instruments of very high quality rather than supplying to the mass market. They were constructed from the best materials available at the time. Their school pianos came with built-in safety features such as solid toe pegs located at the front and back of the piano, safety falls (key hoods) and double rubber castors so the piano could be wheeled around a school hall and over small thresholds with ease.
In 1963 Stanley Murdoch, piano buyers for Harrods, commissioned W. Danemann and Company to build "the best upright in the world"; the result was the HS2, based on the classic Danemann upright.
In 1982 Broadwood purchased Danemann Pianos and the factory. In 1985 the company was purchased by Gardner Pianos in Cardiff, making Gardners the first Welsh piano makers. They made approximately 350 Danemann pianos in Wales until production ceased in 1994.
From Wikipedia’s article on Danemann Pianos, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4