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The world's most expensive grand piano sold at auction is a specially designed D-274 named Steinway Alma Tadema; [38] it sold for $1.2 million in 1997 at Christie's in London, [39] breaking Steinway's own 1997 price record of $390,000. [40] The D-274 was built in 1883–87 and designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
The Model I/Model R or "Upright Grand" was the largest upright piano made by Steinway & Sons in the 20th Century. Sketch from a 1915 advert of a Steinway Model I History
Interior of a Steinway grand piano showing the rim, plate, soundboard, bridges, keys, and strings. Each Steinway grand piano has more than 12,000 individual parts. [146] A Steinway piano is handcrafted [147] and takes nearly a year to build. [148]
Steinway unveils new grand piano design by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. Roisin O'Connor. November 14, 2023 at 3:30 PM. Left, one of the new Steinway models designed by Noe Duchaufour-Lawrance (right ...
As of 2012, the only piano factory in Latin America. [18] Edelweiss [19] Cambridge: UK 1975–present: All upright and grand piano come by default as player pianos. [19] Estonia [20] Tallinn: Estonia 1950–present: Fazioli [21] Sacile: Italy 1978–present: Has its own line of artists. [22] Ferd. Thürmer [23] Bochum: Germany 1834–present
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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 ...
Grotrian-Steinweg grand piano inner mechanism. Grotrian-Steinweg's history dates back to 1835 when the first Steinweg piano factory was built by Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry Steinway after his emigration to the US where he founded Steinway & Sons). In 1856, Friedrich Grotrian became a partner; in 1865 his son Wilhelm ...