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How will You Sound on Horowitz’s CD 503?

April 4th, 2014 in Top Video Picks by | 8 comments

Steinway & Sons recently announced that Vladimir Horowitz’s legendary Steinway Model D continues its tour through 2014. This is a unique chance for the public to see, hear and even play the master’s favorite instrument – the Steinway CD 503 – used on his tours during his last years 1985-89. The CD 503 has a very light and extremely touch-sensitive […]

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Steinway Update: Code Name “Edelweiss” Outbid by a True Piano Lover

October 14th, 2013 in Piano News by | 75 comments

The calculation was rather simple — Mr. Paulson loves Steinway’s pianos, so why not buy the whole company? Back in July, equity firm Kohlberg & Company, reached an agreement with Steinway to buy the company for $35 a share ($485 million). But piano enthusiast and billionaire John Paulson, presumably after reading Piano Street’s post encouraging “others to make an offer”, […]

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Kohlberg Buys Steinway for USD 438 Million but Still a Chance for Others to Make an Offer!

July 5th, 2013 in Piano News by | 3 comments

Since its founding in 1853, Steinway & Sons has been dedicated to the ideal of making the finest pianos in the world. Pianists appreciate the tradition of the company, and Steinway craftsmanship has always been top-of-the line. Thirteen years after its founding, in 1866, Steinway branched out into America by building its first Steinway Hall on 14th Street. With a […]

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Mr. Taylor’s Double Vision

March 29th, 2012 in Piano News by | 4 comments

This model D concert grand by Steinway & Sons, developed by Emanuel Moór (1863-1931), is the only Steinway equipped with a double keyboard. It was built by Steinway for Werner von Siemens of Berlin and sold to him in 1929. The piano was purchased by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961 for the use of Gunnar Johansen, artist in residence […]

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Dynamic Duo Anderson & Roe Debut on the Steinway Label

December 19th, 2011 in Piano News by | 3 comments

Anderson & Roe – When Words Fade – Featuring Songs of the Night From Vivaldi to Radiohead Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe form one of the most thrilling young piano duos performing today. The debut release from Anderson & Roe on the Steinway & Sons label is a showstopper captured in spectacular audiophile-quality sound by multi-Grammy-winning producer Steven Epstein. […]

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Pianomania – Love, Perfection and a Little Bit of Madness

November 9th, 2010 in Piano News by | 5 comments

“The tone isn’t breathing.“ – complains pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, distraught. This is a typical sentence in Steinway & Sons’ chief technician and Master Tuner Stefan Knüpfer’s normal work day. Each piano has its own personality, each piece demands its own timbre, and every interpretation has a particular temperament. The film Pianomania takes the viewer along on a humorous journey into […]

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Steinway & Sons Announces New Record Label

October 22nd, 2010 in Piano News by | 6 comments

Steinway & Sons recently announced the launch of its new Steinway & Sons record label. The first release on this label, Bach On A Steinway, debuted earlier this month at #3 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Album Chart. Bach On A Steinway features keyboard masterworks by J. S. Bach as performed by pianist Jeffrey Biegel, whose extensive embellishments and ornaments […]

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A Piano Spectacular for 80 Fingers – $1.6 Million Worth of Piano on Stage

October 8th, 2010 in Piano News by | 6 comments

After sell-out performances in 2008 at the Melbourne Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and QPAC Brisbane, The Steinway Spectacular returns for an extraordinary music event in Sidney today, Friday October 8 2010 at City Recital Hall Angel Place and on Sunday, October 17 at the Melbourne Town Hall.
 
 The eight pianists will work as an ensemble to perform […]

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Steinway & the Last Son

December 8th, 2008 in Piano News by | 4 comments

The Steinway Concept, the Last Son and the Amazing Journey From the Past to the Present and Into the Future Henry Z. Steinway, former president of Steinway & Sons and great grandson of the firm’s founder, died on September 18, 2008 at the age of 93. He was the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in […]

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