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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.
Boston pianos incorporate some of the features of Steinway pianos such as a wider tail design (a feature of the Steinway piano models A-188, B-211, C-227, and D-274) resulting in a larger soundboard area than conventionally shaped pianos of comparable sizes, a maple inner rim, and Steinway's patented Octagrip pinblock.
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 is an independent documentary film that follows the construction of a Steinway concert grand piano (model D-274) over a year, from the search for wood in Alaska to a display at Manhattan's Steinway Hall. The documentary film received its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Film Forum in November 2007.
Steinway & Sons – a piano company based in Hamburg and Queens, New York (United States), founded in 1853. The parent company is Steinway Musical Instruments . v
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Steinway Musical Instruments acquired the flute manufacturer Emerson in 1997, the piano keyboard maker Kluge in 1998, and the Steinway Hall in Manhattan in 1999. [3] In 2000 it acquired the wind instrument manufacturer United Musical Instruments and in 2003 merged it with their subsidiary The Selmer Company to form the Conn-Selmer subsidiary.
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The Model I and Model R are clearly identifiable by the presence of a capo d'astro bar bearing the lettering "UPRIGHT GRAND STRING FRAME CAPO D'ASTRO BAR" spanning from immediately after the bass section at note 27 through note 88 (the only other Steinway upright with a capo bar, the smaller Model N, spanned only from notes 54-88 and bore only ...