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Steinway

American  
[stahyn-wey] / ˈstaɪnˌweɪ /

noun

  1. Henry Engelhard Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.


Steinway British  
/ ˈstɑɪnweɪ /

noun

  1. Henry ( Engelhard ), original name Heinrich Engelhardt Steinweg. 1797–1871, US piano maker, born in Germany

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Two years ago, Cummins was named to the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

We had five bedrooms and baths, a 40-foot living room, a Steinway grand, a huge dining table and a trampoline out back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Mr. Taborn was, he told me, “surrounded” in the recording studio—a Steinway here, a Farfisa organ there, a Roland synthesizer, and so on, among which he moved in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

There’s Mamdani on a Coney Island beach, telling New Yorkers that he’s “freezing… their rent” before running into the frigid waters, clad in a $30 business suit from Steinway Thrift Shop.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

We played the Steinway in the middle of the night, filling the darkness with half-remembered music, alarming the cats and terrifying the hired men.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn