Description
Steinway & Sons History – 57 cards, 337 MB
Package Index
001. 2007 – 99% (Website)
2007/2008, 99% of concert pianists chose to perform on a Steinway.
Sample: https://www.michellespiano.com/new-and-used-steinway-pianos…
002. 2006 – The Essex (Webvideo)
High quality production designed to fulfill musician’s needs at affordable price.
003. 2004 – Steinway Shanghai (Website)
Opening of Steinway Piano Shanghai Co, Ltd.
004. 2003 – Steinway 150 (MP4)
Celebrating 150 years of building “the instrument of immortals”.
005. 2001 – Steinway Haus Munich (Website)
Karl Lang in Munich acquired. Take over of best-known piano dealership.
006. 2000 – Steinway Beijing (Website)
Opening of Steinway & Sons.
007. 2000 – Cristofori 300 (Website)
Bartolomeo Cristofori’s invention of the piano. Masterpiece piano designed.
008. 1997 – 200 Years Old (Website)
Birthday of founder Henry E. Steinway.
009. 1997 – Steinway Tokyo (Website)
Establishment of new subsidiary of Steinway & Sons Japan Ltd.
010. 1996 – Wall Street “LVB” (Website)
Steinway Musical Instruments, goes public on NYSE. Share quoted under “LVB”.
011. 1995 – Merger (Website)
Steinway Musical Properties and Selmer Inc.
012. 1994 – Concert Technicians (Website)
C.F. Theodore Steinway School opened to train concert technicians worldwide.
013. 1992 – The Boston (Webvideo)
Boston piano introduced. Design incorporates special features from Steinway & Sons.
014. 1990 – Philharmonie Berlin (Website)
Beginning of 500,000 tour through Europe celebrated on December 2nd.
015. 1988 – Carnegie Hall (Website)
#500,000 unveiled during a gala concert. Begins a tour, USA, Europe and the Far East.
016. 1985 – Musical Properties (Website)
CBS Inc. sells Musical Instruments Division. New holding, Steinway Musical Properties
017. 1980 – Hamburg 100 (Website)
The Hamburg branch of Steinway & Sons celebrates centenary.
018. 1972 – CBS Inc. (Website)
Bought Steinway & Sons into the Columbia Group.
019. 1960s – Competition (Website)
Japanese piano manufacturers churning out 3,500 pianos a week, as Steinway in a year.
020. Post War – Rebuilding (Website)
Opening of Steinway – Haus on Colonnaden, centre of Hamburg.
021. War Effort (Website)
Steinway built gliders and provided troops with pianos for R and R.
022. War Years (Website)
Steinway plant in Schanzenstraße, Hamburg damaged by allied bombing.
023. 1938 – The East Room Piano (Website)
#300,000 presented to the nation by the Steinway family, president F.D. Roosevelt.
024. 1928 – New Steinway Factory (Website)
Built in Rodenbarg, Hamburg.
025. 1909 – Steinway Berlin (Website)
Opening of new branch on Budapester Straße, later moved to Charlottenburg.
026. 1904 – Steinway Hall Hamburg (Website)
On Jungfernstieg
027. 1903 – The White House Piano (MP4)
#100,000, especially designed and presented to Theodore Roosevelt.
028. 1900s – Four Horsemen (Website)
…of the Apocalypse: radio, phonograph, the Depression, the car.
029. Ragtime, Movie Houses (Website)
Steinways in demand with growth of enterainment industry.
030. 1896 – Internationally Famous (Website)
By the time William Steinway died, Steinway known all over the world.
031. 1892 -1893 Paddymania (Website)
Polish pianist Paderewski tour. Helps to carve Steinway name deep into America.
032. 1890 – National Industry (PPTM)
Steinway & Sons made more than 2,300 pianos. Important part of national industry.
033. 1880 – Hamburg Factory (MP4)
Establishment of factory on Schanzenstraße
034. 1875 – Steinway Hall London (Webvideo)
First European sales branch.
035. 1872 – Anton Rubenstein (Website)
Legendary Russian pianist tours America.
036. 1871 – Concert Tours (Website)
Willaim Steinway develops and promotes national concert tours with famous artists.
037. 1867 – Steinway Logo (Website)
Conceptualised by William Steinway
038. 1866 – Steinway Hall (Website)
Became the artistic, cultural center of NYC with auditorium of 2,000 seats.
039. 1865 – Advertising (Website)
William Steinway mixes Amercians’ love of technology coupled with European renown.
040. 1860 – “Piano Manufactory” (MP3)
Steinway & Sons opens new factory on Fourth Avenue, now known as Park Ave.
041. Pedals (Webvideo)
Right to sustain tone, left una corda, “soft pedal”, middle, sostenuto.
042. Keys and Action (PDF)
88 Keys. In grand piano, gravity assists the action; upright, springs return hammer.
043. Wrestplank / Pinblock (MP4)
Multi-laminated block of wood into which the tuning pins are inserted.
044. Strings (PDF)
Modern grand piano has between 230 and 264 strings.
045. Bridges (JPG)
Glued to top of soundboard to transmit vibrations from strings to soundboard.
046. Soundboard (Webvideo)
Curved crown; proper pressure against the strings for maximum sound projection.
047. Plate (Webvideo)
Cast-iron sounding plate to hold the tension in the strings.
048. Case (PDF)
A continous one-piece bent rim to stop the cases cracking.
049. CF Theodore and Henry Jr. (Website)
Patented 114 innovations that form the basis of the modern grand piano.
050. 1857 – Technical Wizadry (Website)
Steinway granted 126 patents in piano making, the first in 1857
051. Piano technology advances (Website)
Henry Jr looks for ideas under the lid of every piano he come across.
052. 1855 – 1862 More Golds (Website)
Steinway pianos awarded 35 Gold medals incl. medals at Paris Expo.
053. 1855 – Public Recognition (Website)
Supreme quality of Steinway Pianos vs established brands, American Institute Fair.
054. 1853 – Steinweg to Steinway (MP4)
Steinway & Sons found the company in Manhattan.
055. 1850 – Move to New York (Website)
Steinwegs apprenticed themselves to other piano maufacturers.
056. 1839 – Gold (JPG)
Steinweg Grand Piano first prize at Brunswick State Fair.
057. Craftsmanship at Home (Website)
Heinrich E. Steinweg’s first grand piano completed in his kitchen.
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