The Crown Jewel Collection: Macassar Ebony– Model B (Spirio) [Photo: courtesy of Steinway & Sons] The room was designed to create the optimal environment for the piano-buying process to give ...

The Model B’s ancestor was the Monitor grand, designed by C F Theodore Steinway in the 1860s and named after a US battleship because it was the first Steinway to have a full cast iron frame that ...

The sale also features a Model B 150th Anniversary Rosewood, a 7-foot grand piano. “This design was Henry Steinway’s favorite historic design,” said Murphy.

Edison bought the Model “B” Ebony from Steinway & Sons in 1890 for $725. ... Robert Friedman points out possible bite marks from Thomas Edison on a Steinway grand piano the inventor once owned.

Steinway & Sons introduces the Spirio self-playing grand piano. ... $84,300 for a Model M to $116,400 for a Model B; ...

The Greimann Piano is a 9-foot Steinway Model D Grand, ... The other new pianos are two Steinway Model A’s and two Steinway Model B’s, purchased through additional fundraising efforts.

Neema Pazargad is a piano technician—but the gig is far from low key. ... He has tweaked Frank Gehry’s piano—an emerald green Steinway Model B—in the legendary architect’s Santa Monica home.

NEW YORK — Great pianists need great pianos. Vladimir Horowitz, the famous Russian pianist, used to travel with his own personal Steinway when he played concerts around the world. For 160 years ...

A Steinway Model B piano owned by Art Tatum, an early 20th century musician considered to be one of the world's greatest jazz pianists, fetched $30,000 at Guernsey’s African American Historic ...