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I been cruising around VST piano software now for abit....... so I am just digging into this whole subject......

So... what are the most sampled pianos? I noticed that companies will disguise the source but imply such as "Italian" that I suspect is a Fazioli. No? I saw one as "American" which I figured was a Steinway Concert Grand (D).... mostly by its sound... sounds like a bell with its high frequencies cut... sort of.

So help me out here..... what are the most sampled pianos and what are their "code" names? Bonus questions: are there copyright issues around sampling?

Peace
Bruce in Philly

I'm not sure that a simple sound can be copyrighted, as it's not a composition or creative work of any kind. Maybe someone could argue that it could be patented? And of course, using the brand name without permission would be a trademark issue.

Nicknames, that's interesting. I think PianoTeq's U4 is code for the Yamaha U series. I've also seen things like "vintage tines" or "vintage reeds" for Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer, respectively, and "FM Piano" is probably code for the DX7.

The Piano World VI database lists a lot of piano software

http://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2752919/digital-piano-master-sticky-thread.html

Indeed,..... if i remember correctly i had to correct the Embertone ‘Walker 1955 Steinway D’ nict, into ‘Walker 1955 concert D’, due to the inappropriate usage of the Steinway name.
Most companies that sample a Steinway refer to it as ‘concert (D) ‘.

Like you said Italian=Fazioli, Japanese=Yamaha and Austrian=Bösendorfer.
Some use Berlin grand for a Bechstein and so on.....

Tines when addressing a Fender Rhodes and Reeds when addressing a Wurlitzer.
When addressing a leslie amp call it a rotary speaker.

I might be wrong but I think “Pianoteq” is a nickname for Yamaha CP80.

Hey mark your words !! I had a CP70B and it was a superb electric piano in a time where the earliest sample ROM were measured in kb.
Contrary to pianoteq, they did a great job with the attack portion of the CP80 note and the sympathic overtones are very well done too.

Not so, CG. Pianoteq is not a nickname. It's a proper name in a foreign language, meant to be taken literally.
The "teq" suffix translates as ", not at all like a".

Japanese could be a Kawai too...

Kawaii means adorable, cute