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The White House's Steinway [66] art case piano from 1938 in the Entrance Hall. In 1857, Steinway began to make a line of art case pianos, designed by artists. [67] [68] In 1903, the 100,000th Steinway grand piano was given as a gift to the White House; [69] it was decorated by the artist Thomas Wilmer Dewing. [70]
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The name "Vertegrand" displayed along the top of the iron frame reflected the instrument's size relative to Steinway's then-current lineup; at 52 inches (132 cm), it was smaller than the 54.3-inch (138 cm) "Upright Grand" scale (Model I in New York; Model R in Hamburg) introduced in 1894, but larger than the 49-inch (125 cm) scale that would ...
It took Steinway about four years to build the piano. [1] The piano is decorated with inlays of 40 different woods, including the lid which replicates artwork by Chinese painter Shi Qi. [3] [4] The piano is owned by the art collector Guo Qingxiang and was chosen for use at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China. [1] [5]
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