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1159: 45: 598:. C. F. Theodore Steinway became the head of the German factory, and William Steinway went back to the factory in New York. The two factories regularly exchanged experience about their patents and techniques despite the large distance between them, and they continue to do so today. C. F. Theodore Steinway was a talented inventor who made many improvements in the construction of the piano. About a third of Steinway's patented inventions are under the name of C. F. Theodore Steinway. The Steinway factory in Hamburg was part laboratory, part factory. Much of the precision cutting and drilling machinery installed in the New York factory was tried in the Hamburg factory first. C. F. Theodore Steinway died in Braunschweig in 1889, having successfully competed against the Grotrian-Steinweg brand – both the Hamburg-based Steinway factory and the Braunschweig-based Grotrian-Steinweg factory became known for making premium German pianos. 2216: 641: 2079:

endorses the view of Donald W. Fostle, who wrote in a company history of Steinway that "the genius of Steinways ... ultimately lay in their ability to persuade millions of persons across decades and continents that in this realm of supreme subjectivity, individual variation, incertitude, and ever-changing conditions, there was an absolute best. The assertion, repeated often enough, took on the coloration of fact", but Stuart de Ocampo concludes that "Innovations in piano construction carved out a unique sound for the Steinway pianos in the mid-nineteenth century. Medals at fairs and international exhibitions were the basis of Steinway & Sons' early reputation." Paying for pianists' endorsements back then was not specific to Steinway. As there were financial incentives for testimonials, several famous pianists had no qualms about endorsing more than one piano brand.

582:'s account of Steinway's participation in the competition, the company was able to secure success by bribing one of the judges. William Steinway denied to the exposition's organizers that a judge had been paid directly, although Barron states that the judge was bribed through an intermediary, the pianist Frederic Boscovitz. According to freelancer Isabel Wolff, William Steinway admitted in his diary that under his leadership the New York City arm of the company bribed judges at trade fairs to favor Steinway pianos. According to musicologist Donald W. Fostle, it is untrue that Steinway repeatedly bribed judges at trade fairs, and in the one documented case it is unclear if Steinway were enmeshed, along with others, in bribery or were the target of attempted extortion. 494:) where it covered a whole block. With a workforce of 350 men, production increased from 500 to nearly 1,800 pianos per year. The employees were mostly German immigrants and the official language of the company was German. The pianos themselves underwent numerous substantial improvements through innovations made both at the Steinway factory and elsewhere in the industry based on emerging engineering and scientific research, including developments in the understanding of acoustics. Almost half of the company's 139 patented inventions were developed by the first and second generations of the Steinway family. Steinway's pianos won prizes at exhibitions in New York City, London, and Paris. By 1862, Steinway pianos had received more than 35 9716: 9723: 1826: 445: 586: 910: 9730: 1910: 2124:

studios, and practice rooms for piano students must be equipped with Steinway pianos. Teaching studios and practice rooms for other students may be equipped with Boston or Essex pianos; some All-Steinway Schools have chosen to have Steinway pianos in these rooms also. It is required that the pianos are kept in performance-quality condition and All-Steinway Schools must have piano technicians that participate in Steinway's technical training programs. If the pianos are not maintained in performance-quality condition, Steinway can withdraw the All-Steinway School designation.

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by keeping a specific note's damper, or notes' dampers, in their open position(s), allowing those strings to continue to sound while other notes can be played without continuing to resonate. The sostenuto pedal was previously perfected, with a patent application, by M. Waldo Hanchett of Syracuse, New

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Patent No. 233,710 (October 26, 1880): The bridge transmits the vibration of the strings to the soundboard. In a Steinway piano, the bridge consists of vertically glued laminations in a quartersawn orientation. With this continuity of grain, the sound traverses the bridge along its entire length, a

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wooden block called the pinblock or wrestplank. The tuning pins keep the strings tight and are held in place by friction. Steinway also employs front and rear duplex scales, in which the main vibrating section of the string is augmented by a much smaller vibration in the two ends of the string which

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Steinway pianos are sold by a worldwide network of around 200 authorized Steinway dealers who operate around 300 showrooms. The primary differentiation between Steinway models is simply their size (which is indicated by their model letter), which is also one of the most important indicators of their

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in Manhattan, New York City. Steinway Hall had cost $ 200,000 to build. It included the second largest concert hall in New York City as well as showrooms for Steinway pianos. To enter the concert hall concertgoers had to pass through the showrooms, a way to advertise Steinway pianos. Sales increased

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Meanwhile, the 1880s saw the company embroiled in a series of labor disputes between the New York City factory's management and workers. Back then, industrialists faced labor strikes frequently. One dispute, in 1880, saw the company lead an industry-wide lockout of piano workers in New York City. In

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in Korea. There are two sizes of Essex grand pianos and four sizes of Essex upright pianos available in a wide variety of finishes and furniture designs. Grand piano models are EGP-155 and EGP-173. Upright piano models are EUP-108, EUP-111, EUP-116, and EUP-123. Like the Boston pianos, Essex pianos

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Patent No. 126,848 (May 14, 1872): Steinway invented the duplex scale on the principle of enabling the freely oscillating parts of the string, directly in front of and behind the segment of the string actually struck, also to resound. The outcome is a large range and fullness of overtones – one of

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The factory in Hamburg, Germany, could sell very few pianos during World War II. No more than a hundred pianos per year left the factory. In the later years of the war, the company was ordered to give up all the prepared and dried wood their lumber yard held for war production. In an air raid over

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To reach European customers who wanted Steinway pianos, and to avoid high European import taxes, William Steinway and C. F. Theodore Steinway established a new piano factory in the free German city of Hamburg in 1880. The first address of Steinway's factory in Hamburg was at Schanzenstraße in the

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In 1853, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg founded Steinway & Sons. His first workshop in America was in a small loft at the back of 85 Varick Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The first piano made by Steinway & Sons was given the number 483 because Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg

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Steinway is a prominent piano company, known for its high quality and for inventions within the area of piano development. Steinway has been granted 139 patents in piano making, with the first in 1857. The company's share of the high-end grand piano market consistently exceeds 80 percent. The

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piano – which I had used for so many years – in Europe. They insisted that I play on Steinway exclusively, everywhere in the world, otherwise they would not give me their pianos in the United States. That is the reason why from 1923 until 1930 I did not return to America. ... 1933, Steinway

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wrote in a letter to Steinway: "...The new Steinway grand is a glorious masterpiece in power, sonority, singing quality, and perfect harmonic effects, affording delight even to my old piano-weary fingers. Ever continuing success remains a beautiful attribute of the world-renowned firm of Steinway

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The All-Steinway School designation is given by Steinway to educational institutions of music in which not less than 90 percent of the pianos are designed by Steinway. Steinway does not offer the pianos free of charge but requires that the institutions buy them. Performance venues, teaching

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at the same time. Today, no pianist is paid by Steinway, and when Steinway Artists loan pianos from Steinway for a concert or recording session the artists do have to pay Steinway for preparing, tuning, and delivering of the piano. According to management academic David Liebeskind, the Steinway

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According to musicologist Stuart de Ocampo, "That Steinway aggressively sought out and paid (in various forms) for artist endorsements must be stressed in order to combat an idealistic notion that the greatest flocked to Steinway simply because it was the best." More generally, Stuart de Ocampo

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parts in place of cloth bushings. Using Teflon was less expensive for the company, was intended to withstand wear and humidity changes better than cloth, and eliminated the factory's reliance on a kind of cloth that might not be exactly the same from batch to batch. However, the Teflon bushings

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Steinway pianos are also sold in the secondary market. The price of a used Steinway can vary tremendously, depending on the model (size), age, condition, and the quality of any restoration work that has been done. Additionally, Steinway offers certified pre-owned pianos, using Steinway-approved

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Steinway has two sales areas: the factory in New York supplies North and South America, and the one in Hamburg supplies the rest of the world. At all main Steinway showrooms across the world, customers can order pianos from either factory. The Hamburg and New York factories exchange parts and

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for the entry-level market. Boston and Essex pianos are made using lower-cost components and labor. Pianos of these two brands, made with Steinway owned designs, are manufactured in Asia by suppliers. Steinway allows only its authorized Steinway dealers to carry new Boston and Essex pianos.

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in New York City. Steinway Village was built as its own town, and included a new factory (still used today) with its own foundry and sawmill, houses for employees, kindergarten, lending library, post office, volunteer fire department, and parks. Steinway Village later became part of

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are characterized by the great power of tone, depth and richness in the bass, a full mellowness in the middle register and brilliant purity in the treble, making a scale perfectly equal and singularly melodious throughout its entire range. In touch, they are all that could be

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Steinway began creating art case pianos in 1857 and the making of art case pianos reached its peak in the late 19th century. Today, Steinway only builds art case pianos on rare occasions. The art case pianos are unique. Some of Steinway's most notable art case pianos are the

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that made and sold music in all forms and through all outlets, including records, radio, television, and musical instruments. This new conglomerate was evidently not as successful as CBS had expected, and Steinway was sold in 1985, along with classical and church organ maker

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industry from around the 1920s by introducing a digital player piano series called Spirio. The technology in the Spirio pianos was created in 2007 by Wayne Stahnke, an Austrian engineer who has previously made digital player piano systems for other piano companies, like

743: 742: 739: 1014:, the great-grandson of the Steinway founder, still worked for Steinway and put his signature on custom-made limited-edition pianos. At several public occasions, Henry Z. Steinway represented the Steinway family. He started at the company in 1937 after graduating from 2599: 744: 2330:. Henry Z. Steinway received the award for "... his devotion to preserving and promoting quality craftsmanship and performance, as an arts patron and advocate for music and music education; and for continuing the fine tradition of the Steinway piano..." 408:

magazine. The award was given in recognition of Steinway's "overall performance, quality, value-added products, a well-executed promotional program and disciplined distribution which generated the most impressive results in the entire music industry."

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to play Steinway pianos during Rubinstein's first and only American concert tour from 1872 to 1873, with 215 concerts in 239 days. It was a success for both Rubinstein and Steinway. Thus, the Steinway Artist program was born. Later the Polish pianist

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The rims of Hamburg-made Steinways are made of layers of hard rock maple and mahogany; the New York-made rims use layers of hard rock maple only. The layers are glued and pressed together into one piece in one operation using rim-bending presses that

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Patent No. 314,742 (March 31, 1885): The rims of Hamburg-made Steinways are made of layers of hard rock maple and mahogany; the New York-made rims use layers of hard rock maple only. The layers are glued and pressed together into one piece in one

2638: 1973:, which means that they have chosen to perform on Steinway pianos exclusively, and each owns a Steinway. None is paid to do so. Steinway Artists come from different genres: classical, jazz, pop, and rock. A few examples of Steinway Artists are 479:, the town in which Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg began his career as a piano maker. A year later, demand was such that the company moved to larger premises at 82–88 Walker Street. It was not until 1864 that the family anglicized their name from 1441:

is decorated with inlays of 40 different woods, including the lid, which replicates artwork by Chinese painter Shi Qi. It took about four years to build the grand piano and it was priced at €1.2 million. The piano was chosen for use at the

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Steinway maintains its own lumber yards at both the Hamburg and New York factories, aging and drying lumber from nine months to five years. Less than 50 percent is finally used in the making of Steinway pianos. More than 70 percent of the

2293:. These awards won in Europe increased the demand for Steinway pianos, thus the reason the family looked into opening a store in London. The International Exposition of 1867 established Steinway as the leading choice for pianos in Europe. 741: 2438:, lifts the parts that drive the hammer toward the string. The Steinway device was easily adjustable, but more importantly allowed the action to be quickly separated from the keys, an advance that greatly simplified servicing the piano. 1119:. In contrast to player pianos by other brands available at the time, a recording option was not originally available in the Steinway Spirio. In 2018, a recording option was made available in Steinway Spirio pianos, known as the Spirio 2552: 1059:, to a group of Boston-area investors led by Robert and John P. Birmingham. In order to acquire Steinway, the investors founded the musical conglomerate Steinway Musical Properties. In 1995, Steinway Musical Properties was acquired by 806:

During World War II, the Steinway factory in New York received orders from the Allied Armies to build wooden gliders to convey troops behind enemy lines. Steinway could make few normal pianos, but built 2,436 special models called the

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changed their attitude and agreed to let me use their pianos in the United States, even if I continued elsewhere to play the Bechstein piano ... Thus, from 1933 on, I went every year to America." In 1972, Steinway responded to

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of pianos". A Steinway spokesman said, in response to Lortie's decision to perform a concert on a Fazioli piano, that Steinway does not want anyone on the Steinway Artist roster who does not want to play the Steinway exclusively.

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invented in 1880. After the rim-bending process, the rim has to rest from the stress of being bent. It is placed in a conditioning room for a month or more to reduce the moisture content of the wood to approximately six percent.

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Several international piano competitions use Steinway pianos. Since the Cleveland International Piano Competition chose to use only Steinway pianos in 1999, Steinway has been selected exclusively by such competitions as the

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in New York City. Ohlsson ended up performing on a Bösendorfer piano borrowed at the eleventh hour, and Steinway would not let him borrow Steinway-owned pianos for some time. Ohlsson has since made peace with Steinway.

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made a higher offer, $ 512 million, to take the company private. The Steinway Musical Instruments board recommended that shareholders accept this, and in September 2013 Paulson announced completion of the acquisition.

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The pinblock, also known as wrestplank, in Steinways is made of seven layers of hard-textured wood that are glued together, set at a 45° angle to the run of the grain. It is designed to keep the piano in tune longer.

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later disputes in the decade, the company hired detectives to spy on its workers, paid police to take management's side in the dispute and to protect company property, and evicted strike leaders from company housing.

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limited edition grand piano. The jury wrote: "The design of the Arabesque impresses through elegance and individuality. It thus excellently complements the high-class product line of this renowned manufacturing

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The Hamburg factory makes seven models of grand pianos and two upright models. (The numerical portion of each model designation represents the length of the grand pianos and the height of the upright pianos, in

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and other members of royalty and nobility. In subsequent years Steinway was granted royal and imperial warrants from the rulers of Italy, Norway, Persia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.

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Patent No. 2,051,633 (August 18, 1936): The soundboard resembles a membrane. The special molding, gradually tapering from the center to the edge, provides great flexibility and freer vibration across the

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in Ohio holds the longest partnership with Steinway. They have used Steinway pianos exclusively since 1877, 24 years after Steinway was founded. In 2007, they obtained their 200th Steinway piano, a model

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incorporate some of the features of Steinway pianos as well: a wider tail design, an all-wood action with Steinway geometry with rosette-shaped hammer flanges, and reinforced hammers with metal fasteners.

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Patent No. 3,091,149 (May 28, 1963): A pinblock designed to keep the piano in tune longer. Seven layers of hard maple are glued together, each successive layer at a 45° angle to the one before it.

10515: 9414: 820:. It was a small piano that four men could lift, painted olive drab, gray, or blue, designed to be carried aboard ships or dropped by parachute from an airplane to bring music to the soldiers. 5713: 730:. The 100,000th Steinway grand piano was replaced in 1938 by the 300,000th, which remains in use in the White House. The piano is normally placed in the largest room of the White House, the 5681: 2398:

Patent No. 26,532 (December 20, 1859): The bass strings are "overstrung" above the treble strings to provide more length and better tonal quality. The invention won 1st prize medal at the

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In 1972, after a lengthy strike, a long-running financial struggle, high legal expenses, and a lack of business interest among some of the Steinway family members, the firm was sold to

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was opened. In 2013, Steinway sold the Steinway Hall on West 57th Street for $ 46 million and moved out of the building at the end of 2014. In 2016, a new Steinway Hall opened on

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was removed from the Steinway Artist roster in 2003, he complained in a newspaper article that Steinway is trying to establish a monopoly on the concert world by becoming "the

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are made of vertically laminated hard rock maple with a hard rock maple cap. The bridges are measured for specific height requirements for each piano and are hand notched.

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dominant position has been criticized, with some musicians and writers arguing that it has blocked innovation and led to a homogenization of the sound favored by pianists.

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The Steinway Artist program has been copied by other piano companies, but Steinway's program is unique in that a pianist must promise to play pianos of the Steinway brand

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From 1855 to 1862, Steinway pianos received 35 medals in the United States alone, since which time Steinway entered their pianos at international exhibitions only.

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The New York factory makes six models of grand pianos and one model of upright piano. (Steinway has previously made upright pianos in different dimensions.)

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As of early 2021, Paulson & Co. remains the ultimate parent of Steinway & Sons, with head office at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

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in Ohio became designated an All-Steinway School, based on a $ 4.1 million order of 165 new pianos, one of the largest orders Steinway has ever processed.

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have created original designs for Steinway pianos. These specially designed pianos fall under the art case piano line or the limited edition piano line.

610:& Sons. ...Owing to my ignorance of the mechanism of piano construction I can but praise the magnificent result in the volume and quality of sound." 10525: 898:, at Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany. There, experienced piano tuners and piano technicians from all over the world receive further training in 722:

In 1857, Steinway began to make a line of art case pianos, designed by artists. In 1903, the 100,000th Steinway grand piano was given as a gift to the

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In 2005, Steinway celebrated the 125th anniversary of the establishment of its factory in Hamburg, Germany. The celebration featured a concert at the

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Some pianists and technicians have expressed a preference for pianos from Steinway's Hamburg factory over those made in New York, or vice versa.

471:, remained in Germany, and continued making the Steinweg brand of pianos, partnering with Friedrich Grotrian, a piano dealer, from 1856 to 1865. 5249: 2153: 2107:. The Steinway Artist designation restricts a pianist's use of pianos by other makers and implies an obligation to perform on Steinway pianos. 851:, in which consumers might be initially attracted to a similarly named but lesser-known brand because of the stronger brand's good reputation. 824:

Hamburg, several Allied bombs hit the factory and nearly destroyed it. After the war, Steinway restored the Hamburg factory with help from the

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Artist program "... is one of the only pure product endorsements programs, as no artist is paid to play on or endorse a Steinway piano."

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de Ocampo, Stuart (1997). "Review: The Steinway Saga: An American Dynasty by Donald W. Fostle; Steinway & Sons by Richard K. Lieberman".

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in the midsection and treble, with bass strings made of copper-wound steel. The strings are uniformly spaced with one end coiled around the

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of Spring 2011 that the changes have improved the quality of the New York pianos, but that the Hamburg pianos are still of higher quality.

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In 1865, the Steinway family sent a letter to C. F. Theodor Steinweg asking that he leave the German Steinweg factory (by then located in

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in the United States, Steinway received the two highest awards and a certificate of the judges showing a rating of 95.5 of a possible 96.

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tension, which ranges from 16 tons to 23 tons depending on the model. The iron plate is installed above the soundboard and is

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by Karl Lagerfeld created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Steinway company in 2003, and the 125th-anniversary grand piano by

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auction house in London for $ 1.2 million, setting a price record for a piano sold at auction. It is now on display at the art museum

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in London, Steinway shipped two square pianos and two grand pianos to England (two to Liverpool and two to London) and won 1st prize.

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had built 482 pianos in Germany. Number 483 was sold to a New York family for $ 500, and is now on display at the Städtisches Museum

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Milner, Glen (producer and director); Bright, Richard (executive producer); Wanamaker, Zoe (narrator) (June 27, 2016). "Steinway".

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Each Steinway grand piano has more than 12,000 individual parts. A Steinway piano is handcrafted and takes nearly a year to build.

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were incorporated. During the 1920s, Steinway had been selling up to 6,000 pianos a year. In 1929, Steinway constructed one double-

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by more than 400 pianos in 1867. Steinway Hall quickly became one of New York City's most prominent cultural centers, housing the

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Patent No. 127,383 (May 28, 1872): In a Steinway piano, the cast iron plate rests on wooden dowels without actually touching the

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in Potsdam, New York, was added to the All-Steinway School roster, receiving 141 pianos in one $ 3.8 million order. In 2009, the

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was designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and received great public acclaim when it was exhibited in London. The piano is made of

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after purchasing a home and its surrounding property from the widow of Benjamin Pike Jr., that would later bear his name as the

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By the 1860s, Steinway had built and moved into a factory at Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Street (the present site of the

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performing on a Steinway grand piano waltz in E flat major, Op. 18, composed by Frédéric Chopin. (Studio recording from 1921).

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In addition to the Steinway piano line, Steinway markets two other, lower-priced brands of piano sold under the brand names

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area than conventionally shaped pianos of comparable sizes, a maple inner rim, and Steinway's patented Octagrip pinblock.

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Steinway expects Steinway Artists to perform on Steinway pianos where they are available and in appropriate condition.

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brand until he emigrated from Germany to America in 1850 with his wife and seven of his nine children. The eldest son,

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designed to celebrate the 125th anniversary in 2005 of the founding of the Steinway factory in Hamburg, Germany.

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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos: a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand

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Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos: a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand

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The "piano bank" consists of approximately 250 Steinway pianos valued collectively at $ 12.5 million in 2019.

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Mixtape", composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word. (

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in Paris: the Grand Gold Medal of Honor, the Grand Annual Testimonial Medal, and honorary membership of the

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exhibited three pianos at the state trade exhibition in Braunschweig, Germany, and was awarded a gold medal.

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conveys the popularity of the Steinway piano, the musicality of which had just been demonstrated by pianist

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Steinway & Sons concert grand piano, model D-274, manufactured at Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany

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York. However, Steinway succeeded in patenting the device, despite Hanchett's five-months-old application.

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In 1855, Steinway attended the Metropolitan Mechanics Institute fair in Washington, D.C. and won 1st prize.

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of pianos" by trucking away the Steinway-owned grand piano that Ohlsson was about to give a recital on at

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on their pianos. Steinway won the case on appeal in 1975, forcing their competitor to use only the name

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manufactured at Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany. Other examples of All-Steinway Schools are the

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complained once that "Steinway refused to let me use their pianos unless I would give up playing the

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stock is discarded. The woods are purchased when they are available rather than when they are needed.

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in New York City. Steinway won a gold medal. A reporter wrote the following about Steinway: "Their

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from 1887, the 100,000th Steinway piano from 1903, the 300,000th Steinway piano from 1938, and the

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The Model L (5’ 10 1⁄2") was produced and sold as a replacement for the Model O from 1922 to 2006.

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The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896

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was removed from the Steinway Artist roster around 2002 after she purchased and performed on a

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A majority of the world's concert halls own at least one Steinway piano, and some (for example

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Steinway pianos have received numerous awards. One of the first is a gold medal in 1855 at the

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Musical Instruments: History, Technology, & Performance of Instruments of Western Music

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veneer. It took 6,000 hours of work over 4 years to make, and was priced at $ 2.4 million.

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Hoover, Cynthia Adams (1981). "The Steinways and Their Pianos in the Nineteenth Century".

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Hoover, Cynthia Adams (1981). "The Steinways and Their Pianos in the Nineteenth Century".

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In 1962, the New York factory introduced the Permafree action for its grand pianos, using

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In 1925, the Steinway Hall on East 14th Street was closed and a new Steinway Hall on West

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Steinway pianos have appeared in numerous records and concerts. A few examples include:

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Steinway maintains a worldwide "piano bank" from which performing pianists, especially

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from the Watson Library Special Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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of the making of Steinway pianos in the factory in Hamburg, Germany, November 15, 2017

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Stewart, Jude (2003). "Just about perfect: The dichotomy of Steinway piano design".

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craftsmanship, and the parts for both factories come from the same places: Canadian

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Patent No. 156,388 (October 27, 1874): Steinway claims the invention of the middle

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in Philadelphia. The competition among piano makers principally involved Steinway,

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in London. Today, the invention is a standard feature of grand piano construction.

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recording 5973-4 played on a Steinway grand piano model XR 6'2" Duo-Art from 1920.

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New Light on Liszt and His Music: Essays in Honor of Alan Walker's 65th Birthday

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Steinway & Sons - European and international headquarters - Hamburg, Germany

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A daily dose of the American dream: Stories of success, triumph and inspiration

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As of 2024, there are approximately 200 All-Steinway Schools around the world.

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William Steinway's diary, family tree of the Steinway family, photos, and more

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Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Trademark and Unfair Competition

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A second Steinway Hall was opened in London in 1875. It was located first on

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The Psychophysical Ear: Musical Experiments, Experimental Sounds, 1840–1910

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In contrast to other piano makers, who presented their pianos to pianists,

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Series of nine articles following the production of a Steinway grand piano

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Always Something New to Discover: Menahem Pressler and the Beaux Arts Trio

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principle that ensures that vibrations are easily developed and forwarded.

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The Steinway company and its leaders have won numerous awards, including:

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have veneers of rare woods from around the world. The collection includes

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In 1993, Steinway introduced a new line of specially designed cases, the

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Steinway Service Manual: Guide to the care and maintenance of a Steinway

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