Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway, is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by the German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg. The company's growth led to a mov
Photograph of Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
First Steinway piano (1836) in the Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Steinway's factory in Manhattan, 1876
Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany, 1915
D-274 is the model name of a concert grand piano, the flagship of the Steinway & Sons piano company, first built in 1884. It is generally described as the first choice of most concert pianists. As of
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…The New York factory makes six models of grand pianos and one model of upright piano. Hamburg factory S-155 M-170 O-180 A-188 B-211 C-227 D-274 New York factory S (5'1") M (5'7") O (5'10+3⁄4") A (6'2") B (6'11") D (8'11+3⁄4…
D-274 that exemplifies the products of Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany
Studio photo of Henry E. Steinway taken by Mathew Brady
Early Centennial D-270 built Sept 1877 (constructed case) being erected after transport
Steinway Artist Daniel Barenboim, age 11, plays a D-274 with the conductor Moshe Lustig and the Gadna symphony orchestra in Israel on August 1st, 1953