Daimler of Mercedes to manufacture parts for the American Mercedes Automobile and the engines as well as marine engines.
Theodore Steinway.Ģ7) 1888-Theodore Steinway enters into agreement with G. Its salient features were developed by C.F. It is the very first modern Steinway Concert Grand Piano. Piano was then on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.Ģ6) 1884, Model D, #51,257 was completed in New York City on January 31, 1894.
In 1980 the Alma Tadema was sold at an auction for $360,000. On June 21, 2003, the Theater was renamed in honor of the caricaturist Al Hirschfeld Theatre famous for his drawings of Broadway celebrities. Then moved to the Martin Beck Theater in Manhattan. Returned to NY City in 1887, then auctioned for $8,000 in 1903. Painting "Wandering Minstrels" above the keyboard.
It was a triumph for both Rubinstein and Steinway.Ģ1) In 1875 Steinway Hall opened in London.Ģ2) 1877 Oberlin College Conservatory, Oberlin, OH, becomes the first All-Steinway School.Ģ3) 1881, William Steinway, Son of Henry, became a millionaire, one of 400 in New York.Ģ4) 1881, Steinway manufactured more than 2,600 pianos.Ģ5) 1883 Alma Tadema Piano Model D #54538, The piano was sent to London in 1884 for inlay and paintings by noted Victorian Artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema for Henry Marquand, Art Collector and 2nd President of the New York Metropolitian Museum of Art. He sold the estate to William for $127,500.ġ7) The Steinway Mansion was recently put up for sale for $3.5 million in 2011.ġ8) In 1871 Henry Englehard Steinway, founder of Steinway & Sons, died at 74 years of age.ġ9) In 1871, Steinway sold 2,553 pianos, and was making pianos at a rate of 1 piano per hour, or 10 pianos per day.Ģ0) William Steinway engaged the great Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein to play Steinway pianos during an American concert tour in 1872, with 215 concerts in 239 days. The Mansion overlooking Bowery Bay on Long Island Sound was owned by Benjamin T. for the Overstrung Plate, where by the longer bass strings were drawn over sections of other strings.ġ1) By 1859, Steinway's least expensive piano sold for $275.ġ2) In 1863, Henry Steinway became an American Citizen.ġ3) Steinway & Sons opened the first Steinway Hall on 14th Street in 1866, which had an auditorium of 2,000 seats.ġ4) 1867, William Steinway estimated that 90% of American Piano output was square pianos, 5% were uprights and 5% were grand pianos, he also characterized that grand sales were "scarce as angels' visits."ġ5) In 1867, Steinway became the first American manufacturer to receive the “Grand Gold Medal of Honor” at the Paris piano exhibition.ġ6) In 1871, William purchased the Steinway Mansion. This piano, Serial #1225, is believed to be the first ever Steinway Art Case piano.ġ0) On December 20, 1859, Patent #26532 was granted to Henry Steinway Jr. By 1856, Steinway & Sons sales rose to 208 pianos for the year, from 74 just 2 years before in 1854.ĩ) In 1857, a piano was created with a lavishly carved case and legs. It is now displayed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.ħ) By 1854, just a year after founding the company, Steinway & Sons was making 2 pianos a week, and sold 74 pianos for the year.Ĩ. 483, was sold to a New York family named Griswold for $500. Ģ) Heinrich would build 482 pianos over the next decade.ģ) Heinrich Engelhard Steinway and his family would emigrate to the United States in 1850.Ĥ) On March 5, 1853, Steinway & Sons was founded, setting up shop on Varrick Street on the West Side of Manhattan, manufacturing square grand pianos.ĥ) In 1853, the family decided to Americanize their name to “Steinway”Ħ) The company’s first piano, serial no. The piano is currently on display at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona of. Below you will find 166 facts about the men, women, artists, and craftsman who have played a role in making Steinway the world's finest piano.ġ) In 1836 Heinrich Englehard Steinway built his first piano in the kitchen of his home in Seesen, Germany which is commonly referred to as the “Kitchen” piano. 166 Years, 166 Facts: Happy Birthday, Steinway! On Wednesday, Mamarks the 166th anniversary of Steinway & Sons, what better way to celebrate that with a little Liszt list.