 Complete the following phrase:  George Steck July 13, 1829 or July 19, 1829March 31, 1897 was born in Hesse-Kassel, Germany. He grew up and studied pianomaking with Carl Scheel in Cassel, Germany. He moved to New York in 1853 and opened a piano factory four years later as the firm Steck  Grupe. The company was known as George Steck  Company by 1860. Another source lists him founding a new company in 1865, also known as Steck  Company. The first factory was located on Twelfth Street and Third Avenue. In 1859 the company moved to Walker Street and later to west 34th Street. Steck found success manufacturing pianos, and his models became standard school pianos across the United States. In 1870 he developed an iron frame for various pianos. The companies pianos were highly awarded at the 1873 Vienna Worlds Fair and 