Steinway

American

[stahyn-wey] / ˈstaɪnˌweɪ /

noun

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

Steinway British

/ ˈstɑɪnweɪ /

noun

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

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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

An undisclosed amount of the Intersect Power donations also will fund two years of after-school piano lessons from the Steinway Piano Gallery of Fresno at Cantua Elementary School.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“In our living room when I was growing up were a cello, a harp, a Steinway piano and other instruments,” Stan said.

From Los Angeles Times

The home, the studio and the Steinway Model B are now gone.

From Los Angeles Times

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