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Beloved by concert performers and amateur enthusiasts alike, the Steinway piano is the most complicated piece of machinery made by hand in the world today. Remarkably, it is still being manufactured at the Long Island City, New York, factory that has been its home for more than 125 years. Now Miles Chapin, great-great-grandson of founder Henry Engelhard Steinway, takes you on a journey through the making of the world's greatest musical instrument, from the selection and aging of wood to the delicate voicing of the finished instrument. Along the way, we meet the strong men who bend grand piano…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 1997Diane Pub Co · 143 pages · 9780756787431
- Paperback · English · 199788 Keys - The Making of a Steinway PianoRandom House · 143 pages · 9780517703564
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