Black grand piano on a warm oak platform in an intimate, softly sunlit recital room with ivory walls and charcoal audience chairs.

The Concert Hall on Henderson Road Started With a Loading Dock

November 12, 2026

For most of its history, Cunningham Piano Co. worked out of a former stable on Coulter Street in Germantown that had later served as a casket warehouse. The stairs were narrow, twisty and steep. The elevator dated to the 1900s and could not be trusted. The floorboards bent under the equipment, and moving a single piano took three people about half an hour, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The company's new home at 450 S. Henderson Road in King of Prussia is a one-story building in a beige office park. It has a loading dock and private parking for an 18-wheeler. It also has a small concert hall with a Bösendorfer grand. The hall is booked one Friday a month through May. That gives King of Prussia a regular classical and jazz series it did not have this time last year. The piano business needed space to move heavy instruments and wanted to be where its customers already drive, and King of Prussia had both.

Moving 800-pound pieces of furniture

Cunningham opened the Henderson Road building on Oct. 1. The Inquirer described the move as a modernization for a 135-year-old business whose product "weighs 800 pounds." The company already had a King of Prussia presence. Its showroom used to sit at 198 Allendale Road, across from the King of Prussia Mall, while the restoration shop stayed in Germantown. The new 15,000-square-foot building puts the showroom, restoration factory, warehouse, music school and concert hall under one roof for the first time, as MONTCO Today reported.

The company's history is part of the region's history. Patrick J. Cunningham, an Irish immigrant, founded it in 1891. It built pianos in Germantown and was at one time Philadelphia's largest maker of player pianos. George Gershwin used a Cunningham piano while he was composing "Porgy and Bess." Manufacturing ended around World War II, and the business turned to restoration. Cunningham also supplied the organ for the 2015 papal Mass in Philadelphia. Rich Galassini and Tim Oliver have co-owned the company since 2008. Vice president Hugh Sung is a concert pianist.

The showroom can hold up to 300 pianos, from uprights and baby grands to current digital models. The Yamaha Experience Room places acoustic grands next to hybrids and Disklaviers, so you can play one style and then another a few feet away.

Why the stage ended up in King of Prussia

The owners gave a clear reason for choosing this township. "It used to be that Center City was the largest shopping district in Philadelphia. Now, King of Prussia is," Galassini told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "People come [to KOP] anyway. We want to … give them another reason to come and give them support in the arts."

MONTCO Today reported more of Galassini's reasoning. Many of the company's customers grew up in towns like Blue Bell, and for them a trip into Philadelphia had become a special decision. So the concert hall is meant for people within a short drive of Route 202. You get an evening of live piano without the drive downtown.

The room, Cunningham Hall, is small and built around one instrument. Sung called the Bösendorfer on its stage "the Lamborghini, the Maserati, the pinnacle of pianos," according to the Inquirer. Music students can also use the hall and the private practice rooms. The company's announcement of its new home lists the hall with the Yamaha room, the combined factory and warehouse, and the larger music school.

The First Fridays season, December through May

Jazz pianist Eric Wortham II opened the First Fridays Concert Series on Nov. 6. He is from Philadelphia and toured with Adele. The company is selling tickets through Humanitix, and six concerts remain. Each runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Date	Performers	What to expect
Fri., Dec. 4	José Meléndez and Ting Ting Wong	Piano four hands, from Mozart to Piazzolla
Fri., Jan. 8, 2027	Philly Pops Quartet	Jazz from a Philly Pops group
Fri., Feb. 5	Derek Hartman	Winner of a Beethoven competition
Fri., March 5	Mădălina-Claudia Dănilă and Hugh Sung	Piano four hands
Fri., April 2	Opera Philadelphia	Preview of Verdi's "Aida"
Fri., May 7	Sara Davis Buechner	Solo piano

The December concert is a two-player program. Meléndez and Wong share one keyboard for a set that runs from Mozart to Piazzolla. Cunningham's event page lists the price as $30. On Humanitix, general admission is $30 plus a $2.79 fee, and the date showed as available in early November.

The January concert is on the second Friday because New Year's Day 2027 falls on the first one. The Philly Pops Quartet plays Jan. 8 at the same time and price. The full schedule is on the company's events page.

The December concert also starts a busy weekend in the township. Upper Merion Township's Holiday Village runs the next afternoon, Saturday, Dec. 5, from noon to 3 p.m. It will have vendors, photos, fire pits and food.

On a day without a concert

The building is open well beyond one Friday night a month. The King of Prussia showroom is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. It is closed Monday.

The music school has grown along with the move. It teaches piano, violin, viola, cello and voice to beginners through advanced players, including adults. According to the Cunningham Music School page, its rates are:

A 30-minute trial lesson for $20
Monthly tuition of $150 for 30-minute lessons, $225 for 45 minutes, or $300 for an hour
School hours Monday through Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday

Weekday lessons start at 2 p.m. and run until 8 p.m., so an after-school lesson works on a normal weekday. Students also get to practice in the same building where touring musicians perform.

Dinner before 7, a table after 8:30

Henderson Road is an office park, not a restaurant strip. For dinner, most people will head toward Town Center and the mall, roughly two miles away. The concerts end at 8:30, which still leaves time to eat afterward. Several nearby kitchens are open late on Fridays.

Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, 200 Main Street at King of Prussia Town Center. Friday dinner is 3 to 11 p.m., and the "Bubbles & Fries" offer runs 4 to 6 p.m. if you want something before the show.
Founding Farmers, 255 Main Street. Full-service restaurant and bar, with Friday lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar, 250 Main Street. The kitchen is open until 10 p.m. Friday and the bar until 1 a.m. Happy hour is 4 to 6:30 p.m., and the 610 Social lounge has a DJ from 8:30 p.m.
North Italia, 350 Mall Boulevard, Suite 1000C. Friday dinner is 4 to 11 p.m., with happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m.
MISSION BBQ, 120 Village Drive. Open until 9 p.m., so it works best before the show.

All three Main Street restaurants serve until 10 p.m. or later on Friday. If you eat early at one of the happy hours, you can easily make a 7 p.m. downbeat on Henderson Road. If you go to the concert first, you can still sit down for dinner at Davio's, Founding Farmers or North Italia afterward.

If you're thinking about whether King of Prussia fits your routines, from monthly concerts to lessons a short drive away, the team at Keller Williams Main Line is happy to talk through the township with you over coffee. Contact Us anytime.