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Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway , is an American and German piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan, New York City by German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth led to the opening of a factory in Queens, New York City and a factory in Hamburg, Germany. The factory in New York City supplies the Americas and the factory in Hamburg supplies the rest of the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Now & Then )〕
Steinway has been described as a prominent piano company, known for making pianos of high quality and for its inventions within the area of piano development. Steinway has been granted 126 patents in piano making; the first in 1857. The company's share of the high-end grand piano market consistently exceeds 80 percent. The company's dominant position in the high-end piano market has been criticized, with some musicians and writers arguing that it has blocked innovation and led to a homogenization of the sound favored by pianists.
Steinway pianos have received numerous awards. One of the first was a gold medal won in 1855 – two years after the company's foundation – at the American Institute Fair at the New York Crystal Palace. From 1855 to 1862 Steinway pianos received 35 gold medals.〔 Several awards and recognitions followed, including 3 medals at the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris. The company holds a royal warrant of appointment to Queen Elizabeth II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Steinway & Sons )〕
Steinway pianos are handcrafted at the factories in New York City and Hamburg.〔 In addition to the flagship Steinway piano line, Steinway markets two less expensive brands of piano sold under the secondary brand names ''Boston'' and ''Essex''. The Boston brand is for the mid-level market and the Essex brand is for the entry-level market. Boston and Essex pianos are designed in the United States and produced in Asia at other piano manufacturers' factories under the supervision of Steinway employees to utilize a lower cost of part production and labor.
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