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At the time it was the world's most expensive initial purchasing price for a piano, however it has since been overtaken by at least two other Steinway grand pianos: the Fibonacci Piano in 2015 and ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ in 2017, both of which cost roughly twice as much as Sound of Harmony. [2]
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.
Keys of a Steinway grand piano. Steinway keys are made of Bavarian spruce. [157] The surface of the white keys is made of polymer; earlier, they had been made of elephant ivory. Around the 1950s, Steinway switched from using ivory, [158] and some years later use of ivory for piano keys was outlawed. [159]
Piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons has unveiled a limited edition of its classic grand piano, in collaboration with renowned French designer, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. ...
Japan→China 1943–1986 2004–present. Atlas Piano and Instrument Manufacturing (Dalian) Co. Ltd is a musical instrument manufacturing company that Japan atlas piano manufacturing Co., Ltd. whole moved to China and invested and registered in Dalian Free Trade Zone. Apollo [3] Hamamatsu: Japan 1948–present
The 1901 Steinway New York catalogue states the following for the "Style I [Model I]": "Upright Grand--Very handsome case, two solid Doric columns, united by stretcher to corresponding pilasters, support the keyboard. Top supported by similar pilasters. Moulding on upper edge of frame front and sides. One upper and one lower front panel.
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 ...
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