 In 2010, the Steinway factory in Queens made some changes in its manufacturing processes and materials in order to upgrade the quality of the Queens Steinway pianos.Larry Fine was invited by Steinway officials to tour the Queens factory to see some of the manufacturing changes.Fine wrote in his "Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer" of Spring 2011 that the changes have improved the quality of Queens Steinway pianos, but that Hamburg Steinway pianos are still of a higher quality than Queens Steinway pianos.