Steinway & Sons
New York grand piano maker producing handcrafted Model D, B, and A concert and parlour grands in Astoria and Hamburg since 1853, the piano of choice for 98% of concert soloists.
Steinway and Sons is an American piano manufacturer headquartered in New York City (with manufacturing in Astoria, Queens, NY), founded in 1853 by Heinrich Engelhard Steinway. The company builds acoustic grand pianos and upright pianos at two factories: Astoria, New York (for the North and South American market) and Hamburg, Germany (for the European and Asian market). Every Steinway piano is assembled by hand from approximately 12,000 individual parts over a period of about one year per instrument. The Model D (concert grand, 272 cm) is the world's most widely used concert piano: Steinway estimates that approximately 98% of solo concert pianists worldwide perform on Steinway instruments. The full range also includes the Model B (211 cm), Model A (188 cm), Model O (180 cm), and Model S baby grand, as well as the Steinway Crown Jewel Collection limited editions with figured wood finishes. The company also owns the Boston Piano (mid-market) and Essex (entry-level) brands, built to Steinway specifications in Japan and China respectively. Wholesale access is through the Steinway authorised dealer network, covering premium music dealers in over 60 countries.
- Type
- brand seeking distribution
- Location
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 1853
- Website
- steinway.com
- Categories
- Musical Instruments
- Markets
- United States, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, China, Australia, South Korea, France, Italy, Switzerland
Verified facts
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-09 Mail server of the company domain
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-09 Domain registry record
- lei-active (green), checked 2026-08-30 GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-09 OpenSanctions
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-09 OpenSanctions
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)