In the world of pianos, one name stands out at the high end of the market: Steinway & Sons, the 167-year-old piano maker that the BBC deemed the "Rolls-Royce of pianos" in 2014. Steinway is best known ...

A piano, it's said, can emulate an entire orchestra: Its range extends from thunderous fortes to streams of liquid notes. Yet the majority of people who talk about piano sound today are talking about ...

Oversized crowbars bend wood for a piano’s rim. Circular sanders smooth rough edges on costly Sitka spruce soundboards. Hammers and chisels notch a bridge to allow piano strings to vibrate freely. For ...

A few years ago, we covered the photographer Christopher Payne’s incredible work inside the Steinway & Sons factory in Astoria, Queens. Payne’s background as an architect clearly informs the spatial ...

Steinway & Sons, the venerable piano maker founded in 1853, will make its public debut on the world’s biggest stock market stage, according to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange ...

The New-York Historical Society is welcoming Cole Porter’s Steinway piano, which will stay at the Historical Society until the Waldorf Astoria, the instrument’s permanent home, is finished with its ...

WALTHAM, Mass. – Steinway has been sold for about $499 million and will again become a private company. The company struck a deal with Paulson & Co., the investment firm founded by John Paulson, for ...

Community members helped USC Aiken buy a new 9-foot Steinway D grand piano for the Etherredge Center main stage, and they also will be the key to the university's achieving its next goal: becoming an ...