Steinway

English

Etymology

From the surname of the piano maker, a German immigrant to Manhattan whose original surname was Steinweg.

Noun

Steinway (plural Steinways)

  1. A piano made by Steinway & Sons, a German-American piano company founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg.
    • 1992, Chris Wilson, Fou, page 177:
      After supper — which is a lengthy, spoon-fed, dribblesome business — he likes to play Schubert or Brahms on the Steinway in the conservatory.

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