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Steinway Hall (German: Steinway-Haus) is the name of buildings housing concert halls, showrooms and sales departments for Steinway & Sons pianos. The first Steinway Hall was opened in 1866 in New York City.[1] Today, Steinway Halls and Steinway-Häuser are located in cities such as New York City, London, Berlin, and Vienna.
A related concept by Steinway is "Steinway Piano Galleries". The Steinway Piano Galleries have all the same features as Steinway Halls, but are smaller.
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Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (/ˈstaɪnweɪ/ (listen)), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway).[2][11] The company's growth led to the opening of a factory in New York City, United States, and later a factory in Hamburg, Germany.[12] The factory in the Queens borough of New York City supplies the Americas, and the factory in Hamburg supplies the rest of the world.[7][13]
Steinway is a prominent piano company,[14][15] known for making pianos of high quality[16][17] and for inventions within the area of piano development.[18][19] Steinway has been granted 139 patents in piano making, with the first in 1857.[20] The company's share of the high-end grand piano market consistently exceeds 80 percent.[21] The dominant position 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.[22][23]
Steinway pianos have received numerous awards.[24] One of the first is a gold medal in 1855 at the American Institute Fair at the New York Crystal Palace.[25][26] From 1855 to 1862, Steinway pianos received 35 gold medals.[24][27] More awards and recognitions followed,[28] including three medals at the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris.[29] The European part of the company holds a royal warrant of appointment to Queen Elizabeth II.[30][31] Steinway & Sons was named Company of the Year in 1996 by The Music Trades magazine. The award was given in recognition of Steinway's "overall performance, quality, value-added products, a well-executed promotional program and disciplined distribution which generated the most impressive results in the entire music industry."[32]
In addition to the flagship Steinway piano line, Steinway markets two other, lower-priced brands of piano sold under the secondary brand names Boston and Essex.