Steinway

  • Steinway Sold for $438 million

    Steinway Sold for $438 million

    Steinway Musical Instruments Inc was founded in 1853 in a loft on Manhattan’s lower west side. It is most famous for Steinway & Sons pianos, but today its products include Bach Stradivarius trumpets, Selmer Paris saxophones, C.G. Conn French horns, Leblanc clarinets, King trombones, and Ludwig snare drums. Steinway announced on Monday July 1st that…

  • Visual Art Comes (Back) to Steinway Piano

    Visual Art Comes (Back) to Steinway Piano

    Celebrating its 160-year anniversary on March 5, Steinway & Sons, the classic piano with a grand sound, has added an incredible visual pop to its design: It partnered with an artist by the name of Lynx to paint abstract art on the keyboard lid, piano lid, music desk and even the case of some of…

  • Portraits of Musical Celebrities

    A collection of letters to Steinway & Sons written by Anton Rubinstein, Liszt, Paderewski, Berlioz, Wagner, and some of the other musical (and acoustical) geniuses of the 19th century extolling the virtues of Steinway pianos. http://archive.org/details/portraitsofmusic00stei

  • Caring for your Steinway

    Ambient Conditions Wood and felt are highly sensitive to extreme changes in temperature and humidity. During the heating period a standard good-quality humidifier should be used to control and regulate humidity. The most favourable environment for your piano is a relative humidity ranging between 45% and 70% and a constant temperature of approximately 20˚C. Sudden…

  • 100 Years on, RMS Titanic and Steinway & Sons

    The sinking of the Titanic is an epic story that has stirred up interest and emotion in countless people over the decades, as well as inspiring literature, music, art and of course, film. While most of us are familiar with the history and events surrounding the Titanic disaster, you may be interested to know the…

  • The Making of a Steinway

    The Making of a Steinway

    This is an unused marketing video produced by the Steinway Company in 1929 displaying how they manufacture their Style B Grand Piano. Most of the techniques have stayed the same in the 80 year interim.

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