There is a Steinway town with its own foundry, post office, parks and flats for the workers. The intercontinental „Grand Gold Medal of Honor” award brought fame of good reputation among royal families and outstanding piano virtuosos.īy the end of XIX century until now the main company center is in New York, Queens district. Steinway grands received medal awards at the European and American exhibitions for excellent quiality, building techniques and precision in making, after only two years of activity. They were inspired by the latest scientific discoveries of those times. The first thirty years of activity were very productive.

Nowadays it has historical value, and it's an exhibit in the oldest and the biggest museum in the United States – The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The first grand piano with the serial number 284 was sold for 500 dollars. The first factory of the company was in the attic of one of the buildings near Varick Street on Manhattan. Before Henry Engelhard Steinway established his Steinway & Sons brand in 1853 he already had 482 built grands.

Steinway piano value by serial number