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Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons
Steinway concert grand piano on the stage in Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music - The University of Sydney, Australia
Founded
1853
Founder(s)
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (1797-1871)
Headquarters
New York City, USA and Hamburg, Germany
Key people
Dana D. Messina CEO (since 1996) Thomas Kurrer President Worldwide (since 2008) Kyle R. Kirkland Chairman of the Board (since 1996)
Steinway & Sons (often called Steinway) is a highly regarded piano maker[1][2], since 1853 in New York City, USA. The second Steinway factory was established in 1880, in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Both Steinway factories have undergone great updates and renovations, and are still making Steinway & Sons pianos today.
Founded by the Steinweg family of German piano manufacturers, who arrived in the United States from Germany in 1850, the company grew quickly after its founding in 1853. It was forced to move to new premises within a year, and occupied its own factory by the early 1860s. In 1880 a Steinway Village was founded as its own town in what is now Astoria, providing a new factory with its own foundries, post office, parks and housing for employees. Its early successes have been credited both to the high quality of its instruments as well as the brilliant marketing, including its showroom and the Steinway Hall. Steinway Street, one of the major streets in the Astoria and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, is named after the company.
The company has since the foundation in 1853 improved the construction of pianos and has today more than 125 registered patents. Among piano companies Steinway is the company which has registered the largest number of patents[3].
The company is currently known as one of the world's premier manufacturers of high-quality pianos[1][2]. The founder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg's dedication was: To make the finest pianos in the world. His four basic principles was: "To build the best piano possible", "Build to a standard, not a price", "Make no compromise in quality" and "Strive always to improve the instrument". Today the company still follow these principles[4].
After merging with the Selmer Company in 1995, its current affiliates include the Boston and Essex lines of pianos. The Selmer Company (today named Conn-Selmer) is a subsidiary of Steinway.