What is Steinway & Sons?
[[File:Two pianos - grand piano and upright piano.jpg|thumb|300px|Steinway grand piano and upright piano]] '''Steinway & Sons''', also known as '''Steinway''', ({{IPAc-en|audio=Steinway - pronounce.ogg|ˈ|s|t|aɪ|n|w|eɪ}}) is a [[Germany|German]]-[[United States|American]] [[piano]] [[company]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Summers |editor-first2=Ruth |editor-last2=O'Rourke-Jones |title=Music: The Definitive Visual History |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4093-2079-1 |page=143}}</ref> It was founded in 1853 in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], the [[United States]], by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway).<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Panchyk |title=German New York City |url=https://archive.org/details/germannewyorkcit0000panc |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5680-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/germannewyorkcit0000panc/page/50 50]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Nicholas J. |last=Giordano, Sr. |title=Physics of the Piano |url=https://archive.org/details/physicsofpiano0000gior |location=Oxford, United Kingdom |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-19-954602-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/physicsofpiano0000gior/page/139 139]}}</ref> The [[employee]]s at Steinway were mostly German [[immigrant]]s.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ronald V. |last=Ratcliffe |title=Steinway |location=San Francisco |publisher=Chronicle Books |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-8118-3389-9 |page=40}}</ref> The company's growth led to the opening of a factory in [[Queens]], New York City, the United States, and a factory in [[Hamburg]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sherwinbeach.com/lenehan/K2571.htm |title=The Quality of the Instrument (K 2571 – The Making of a Steinway Grand) |first=Michael |last=Lenehan |year=2003 |orig-year=1982 |work=The Atlantic Monthly |accessdate=August 10, 2015 |archive-date=April 11, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040411021844/http://www.sherwinbeach.co