1 - Sound
2 - Touch
3 - Endorsement
4 - Investment
5 - Name
6 - Workmanship
7 - Advancements
8 - Your Gift
取每個單字的字首拼起來就是STEINWAY
史坦威鋼琴嚕
最近史坦威正值問世150週年喲
然後用這八個字詮釋史坦威
我覺得蠻有趣的...就寫下來嚕
我不會彈琴啦
雖然家裡有
不過就是沒碰過
放著好看的
都沒什麼人在彈嚕
真是可憐的鋼琴
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史坦威歷史 ...
Steinway & Sons was founded in 1853
by German immigrant Henry Engelhard
Steinway in a Manhattan loft on Varick
Street. Henry was a master cabinet maker
who built his first piano in the kitchen
of his Seesen, Germany home. By the time
Henry established Steinway & Sons, he had
built 482 pianos. The first piano produced
by the company, number 483, was sold to a
New York family for $500. It is now
displayed at New York City's Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Over the next forty years, Henry and his
sons, Henry Jr., Albert, C.F. Theodore,
William, and Charles, developed the modern
piano. Almost half of the company's 114
patented inventions were developed during
this period. Many of these late
nineteenth-century inventions were based on
emerging scientific research, including the
acoustical theories of the renowned physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz.
Steinway's revolutionary designs and superior
workmanship began receiving national recognition
almost immediately. Starting in 1855, Steinway
pianos received gold medals at several U.S.
and European exhibitions. The company gained
international recognition in 1867 at the Paris
Exhibition when it was awarded the prestigious
"Grand Gold Medal of Honor" for excellence in
manufacturing and engineering. It was the first
time an American company had received this award.
Steinway pianos quickly became the piano of choice
for many members of royalty and won the respect
and admiration of the world's great pianists.
In 1866 Steinway & Sons opened the first Steinway
Hall on 14th Street. With a main auditorium of
2,000 seats, it became New York City's artistic
and cultural center, housing the New York
Philharmonic until Carnegie Hall opened in 1891.
By this time, the company had moved to its current
location in the Astoria section of Queens,
New York, and built Steinway Village. Virtually
its own town, Steinway Village had its own foundries,
factory, post office, parks and housing for employees.
In 1871, Henry Sr. died and sons C.F. Theodore and
William took over operations. An accomplished pianist,
C.F. Theodore was responsible for the technical aspects
of piano making and personally earned the company 41
patents, including one in 1875 for the modern concert
grand piano. In the same year, William helped establish
a showroom in London. Five years later, in 1880, the
Hamburg factory began operating and a retail operation,
the Steinway-Haus, was established. Another retail
operation opened in Berlin in 1909.
Today, Steinway & Sons crafts approximately 5,000
pianos a year worldwide. Over 1300 prominent concert
artists and ensembles across the world bear the title
Steinway Artist. No artist or ensemble is a paid
endorser of the piano. Each Steinway Artist personally
owns a Steinway and has chosen to perform on the Steinway
piano professionally. In North America, artists select
their Steinway for concert performances from the company's
unique "piano bank," an inventory of more than 300
pianos valued at over $15 million.
Pianos are placed throughout North America and are
maintained to concert standards by an exclusive
network of Steinway dealers. The famed "basement"
of New York's Steinway Hall, at 109 West 57th Street
in New York City, is the bank's home office. Branch
piano banks are maintained at Steinway dealerships in
cities throughout the country to serve performing artists.
In all other countries, major concert venues in each town
own Steinway & Sons instruments which the artist can use.
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