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  • 1. Approximately how many individual parts does a Steinway grand piano have?
A) About 8,000
B) More than 12,000
C) Less than 5,000
D) Exactly 10,000
  • 2. How long does it take to build a handcrafted Steinway piano?
A) Three months
B) Nearly a year
C) Two years
D) Six months
  • 3. What percentage of walnut stock is discarded by Steinway?
A) More than 70 percent
B) Exactly 50 percent
C) Less than 20 percent
D) About 30 percent
  • 4. Who invented the rim-bending press used by Steinway?
A) Henry Steinway
B) C. F. Theodore Steinway
C) William Steinway
D) The Hamburg factory team
  • 5. What woods are used for the rims of Hamburg-made Steinways?
A) Oak and mahogany
B) Spruce and walnut
C) Hard rock maple and mahogany
D) Only hard rock maple
  • 6. To what percentage is wood moisture reduced in the conditioning room?
A) Approximately six percent
B) Approximately twenty percent
C) Approximately twelve percent
D) Approximately two percent
  • 7. What is the primary function of the cast iron plate inside the piano?
A) To hold the keys in place
B) To protect the soundboard from heat
C) To support the string tension
D) To amplify the sound
  • 8. What is the range of string tension in a Steinway grand piano?
A) 5 to 10 tons
B) 1 to 5 tons
C) 16 to 23 tons
D) 30 to 40 tons
  • 9. What material is used to make the Steinway soundboard?
A) Walnut
B) Mahogany
C) Hard rock maple
D) Solid spruce
  • 10. In what year was the diaphragmatic soundboard patent granted?
A) 1880
B) 1936
C) 1962
D) 1983
  • 11. What material are Steinway keys made of?
A) Walnut
B) Hard rock maple
C) Mahogany
D) Bavarian spruce
  • 12. What material replaced elephant ivory for the surface of white keys?
A) Polymer
B) Plastic resin
C) Synthetic wood
D) Celluloid
  • 13. What are Steinway hammers cut from?
A) Cotton and polyester
B) Pressed leather
C) Virgin wool felt
D) Synthetic foam
  • 14. When did the New York factory introduce the Permafree action?
A) 1950
B) 1880
C) 1962
D) 1983
  • 15. Why were Teflon bushings eventually discontinued?
A) They caused clicking noises and tightness issues
B) They were banned by environmental laws
C) They degraded too quickly in sunlight
D) They were too expensive to produce
  • 16. Which factory never implemented Teflon bushings in its pianos?
A) The London factory
B) The Paris factory
C) The New York factory
D) The Hamburg factory
  • 17. Which brand does Steinway & Sons market for the mid-level piano market?
A) Kawai
B) Essex
C) Young Chang
D) Boston
  • 18. Which brand does Steinway & Sons market for the entry-level piano market?
A) Boston
B) Essex
C) Steinway
D) Pearl River
  • 19. Which company manufactures Boston pianos?
A) Kawai Musical Instruments
B) Steinway & Sons
C) Young Chang
D) Pearl River
  • 20. How many sizes of Boston grand pianos are available?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Five
D) Two
  • 21. How many sizes of Boston upright pianos are available?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Four
D) Six
  • 22. Where are Essex pianos manufactured since 2005?
A) Karawang, Indonesia
B) Guangzhou, China
C) Seoul, Korea
D) Hamamatsu, Japan
  • 23. Who manufactured Essex pianos prior to 2005?
A) Young Chang
B) Kawai
C) Steinway & Sons
D) Pearl River
  • 24. How many sizes of Essex grand pianos are available?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 25. What is the approximate number of pianos in Steinway's piano bank?
A) 1,000
B) 250
C) 500
D) 100
  • 26. Which patented feature is found in Boston pianos?
A) Digital interface
B) Octagrip pinblock
C) Carbon fiber action
D) Silent play system
  • 27. Who bears the expense for the delivery of a piano from the piano bank?
A) Steinway & Sons
B) The performer
C) The recording studio
D) The concert hall
  • 28. In what year did Steinway sales in the United States decline by 21 percent?
A) 2009
B) 2011
C) 2010
D) 2008
  • 29. When did Steinway sales begin to increase again after the economic downturn?
A) 2012
B) 2009
C) 2015
D) 2010
  • 30. What is the name of the digital player piano series introduced by Steinway in 2015?
A) Spirio
B) Fibonacci
C) Macassar
D) Live Performance Model LX
  • 31. Who created the technology used in the Spirio pianos in 2007?
A) Wayne Stahnke
B) Bösendorfer
C) Steinway & Sons
D) Paulson & Co.
  • 32. What was the original name of the technology created by Wayne Stahnke?
A) Spirio r
B) Live Performance Model LX
C) Fibonacci Series
D) Digital Player System
  • 33. In what year was the Spirio technology sold to Steinway?
A) 2018
B) 2015
C) 2007
D) 2014
  • 34. Which company did Wayne Stahnke work for besides Yamaha?
A) Fibonacci
B) Paulson & Co.
C) Steinway & Sons
D) Bösendorfer
  • 35. When was the recording option for the Spirio piano, known as Spirio r, made available?
A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2024
D) 2014
  • 36. What term is used to describe Spirio technology because it does not interfere with the piano's sound or feel?
A) haptic-free
B) non-parasitic
C) acoustic-neutral
D) digital-integrated
  • 37. How many grey-scale optical sensors are used to record the pianist?
A) Over 1000
B) Over 20
C) Over 800
D) Over 100
  • 38. How many measurements per second can the Spirio sensors record?
A) 1000
B) 6000
C) 800
D) 20
  • 39. How many levels of sensitivity do the Spirio sensors possess?
A) Over 6000
B) Over 1000
C) Over 800
D) Over 20
  • 40. In what year did Steinway make its 600,000th piano?
A) 2018
B) 2021
C) 2015
D) 2014
  • 41. What design feature is present on the 600,000th Steinway piano?
A) Live Performance LX engraving
B) Spirio logo
C) Digital sensor array
D) Fibonacci spiral
  • 42. What type of veneer was used on the 600,000th Steinway piano?
A) Oak
B) Maple
C) Macassar ebony
D) Mahogany
  • 43. Who is the ultimate parent company of Steinway & Sons as of 2021?
A) Paulson & Co.
B) Yamaha
C) Bösendorfer
D) Wayne Stahnke
  • 44. Where is the head office of Steinway & Sons located?
A) 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York
B) The Fibonacci Plaza
C) Austrian Engineering District
D) The 600,000th Piano Factory
  • 45. When did the first Steinway Hall close?
A) 1891
B) 1960
C) 1925
D) 2013
  • 46. In what year did Carnegie Hall open?
A) 1960
B) 1925
C) 1891
D) 1866
  • 47. Where was the second Steinway Hall opened in 1875?
A) Hamburg
B) London
C) Paris
D) New York
  • 48. In what year did Steinway begin making art case pianos?
A) 1929
B) 1903
C) 1857
D) 1864
  • 49. Who decorated the 100,000th Steinway grand piano?
A) William Steinway
B) George Grotrian
C) Henry Steinway
D) Thomas Wilmer Dewing
  • 50. In which room of the White House is the 300,000th Steinway piano kept?
A) East Room
B) Blue Room
C) Oval Office
D) State Dining Room
  • 51. Which player piano system was used by Steinway?
A) Grotrian-Tech
B) Steinweg-System
C) Marshall-Play
D) Welte-Mignon
  • 52. How many keys does the 1929 double-keyboard grand piano have?
A) 200
B) 164
C) 88
D) 100
  • 53. What did the Steinway factory build for the Allied Armies during World War II?
A) Trucks
B) Wooden gliders
C) Piano parts
D) Parachutes
  • 54. What was the nickname for the Victory Vertical piano?
A) Art Case Piano
B) Soldier Vertical
C) G.I. Piano
D) Army Model
  • 55. How was the Hamburg factory restored after World War II?
A) Allied Reparations
B) New York private loans
C) Grotrian funds
D) Marshall Plan
  • 56. Against which company did Steinway bring a lawsuit regarding the name 'Steinweg'?
A) Welte-Mignon
B) Carnegie Pianos
C) Grotrian-Steinweg
D) London Pianos
  • 57. What legal concept was established by the Steinway lawsuit?
A) Patent Infringement
B) Initial Interest Confusion
C) Trademark Piracy
D) Brand Misappropriation
  • 58. In what year did Steinway win the appeal against Grotrian-Steinweg?
A) 1960
B) 1975
C) 1929
D) 2016
  • 59. Where is the current Steinway Hall in London located?
A) Wigmore Street
B) Marylebone Lane
C) St. George Street
D) East 14th Street
  • 60. In what year was Steinway & Sons founded?
A) 1820
B) 1864
C) 1880
D) 1853
  • 61. Who founded Steinway & Sons?
A) William Steinway
B) Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
C) Friedrich Grotrian
D) C. F. Theodore Steinway
  • 62. How many patents has Steinway been granted for piano making?
A) 483
B) 35
C) 500
D) 139
  • 63. Where was the first Steinway & Sons workshop located in the United States?
A) Queens
B) Manhattan
C) Brooklyn
D) Bronx
  • 64. What was the serial number of the first piano made by Steinway & Sons?
A) 483
B) 1853
C) 1
D) 35
  • 65. In what year did the Steinway family anglicize their name?
A) 1864
B) 1850
C) 1880
D) 1853
  • 66. Which neighborhood in Queens is home to the Steinway factory that supplies the Americas?
A) Braunschweig
B) Manhattan
C) Seesen
D) Astoria
  • 67. What event was held in 1876 in Philadelphia where Steinway competed against Chickering and Weber?
A) International Exposition
B) New York Crystal Palace Exhibition
C) American Institute Fair
D) Centennial Exposition
  • 68. Who was the Hungarian composer who praised the Steinway grand in an 1883 letter?
A) Frederic Boscovitz
B) Franz Liszt
C) Wilhelm Grotrian
D) Benjamin Pike Jr.
  • 69. Which British monarch granted Steinway its first royal warrant in 1890?
A) King of Italy
B) Queen Elizabeth II
C) Queen Victoria
D) Prince of Wales
  • 70. What was the official language of the Steinway factory in New York in the 1860s?
A) English
B) Latin
C) German
D) French
  • 71. In what year did Steinway manufacture its 500,000th piano?
A) 2000
B) 1988
C) 1985
D) 1994
  • 72. Who designed the 500,000th Steinway piano?
A) Henry Z. Steinway
B) Wendell Castle
C) Albrecht von Goertz
D) Karl Lagerfeld
  • 73. How many pianists were inscribed on the 500,000th piano?
A) 1987
B) 90
C) 500,000
D) 832
  • 74. Where was the 150th anniversary celebration of Steinway held?
A) Carnegie Hall
B) Harvard University
C) Laeiszhalle
D) Steinway Factory
  • 75. Which designer created a limited edition piano for the 150th anniversary?
A) Albrecht von Goertz
B) Wendell Castle
C) Karl Lagerfeld
D) Henry Z. Steinway
  • 76. In what year did Steinway celebrate the 125th anniversary of its Hamburg factory?
A) 2000
B) 2008
C) 2003
D) 2005
  • 77. Who designed the 125th-anniversary limited edition grand piano?
A) Wendell Castle
B) Karl Lagerfeld
C) Count Albrecht von Goertz
D) Henry Z. Steinway
  • 78. In what year did Henry Z. Steinway start working for the company?
A) 1937
B) 1977
C) 1988
D) 1956
  • 79. When did Henry Z. Steinway pass away?
A) December 2005
B) September 18, 2008
C) September 2013
D) June 2013
  • 80. To which company was Steinway sold in 1972?
A) Paulson & Co. Inc.
B) Kohlberg & Company
C) Selmer Industries
D) CBS
  • 81. Which of these companies did CBS own in 1972?
A) Gemeinhardt
B) Steinway
C) Kohlberg & Company
D) Fender
  • 82. What company acquired Steinway Musical Properties in 1995?
A) Kohlberg & Company
B) Paulson & Co. Inc.
C) Selmer Industries
D) CBS
  • 83. Which private equity firm offered to buy Steinway in June 2013?
A) CBS
B) Selmer Industries
C) Paulson & Co. Inc.
D) Kohlberg & Company
  • 84. How many authorized Steinway dealers are there worldwide?
A) Around 500
B) Around 100
C) Around 300
D) Around 200
  • 85. What is the primary differentiation between Steinway models?
A) Designer
B) Year of manufacture
C) Size
D) Material
  • 86. How many models of grand pianos does the Hamburg factory make?
A) Eight
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven
  • 87. Which famous artist created the art case grand piano sold for $1.2 million in 1997?
A) Karl Lagerfeld
B) Walter Dorwin Teague
C) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
D) Dakota Jackson
  • 88. Where is the Alma-Tadema grand piano currently on display?
A) Christie's auction house
B) The Steinway factory
C) Clark Art Institute
D) The White House
  • 89. The 100,000th Steinway piano, gifted to the White House in 1903, is made of what type of wood?
A) Cherry tree
B) Rosewood
C) Mahogany
D) Ebony
  • 90. Which artist painted the interior lid of the Alma-Tadema grand piano?
A) Walter Dorwin Teague
B) Karl Lagerfeld
C) Edward Poynter
D) Thomas Dewing
  • 91. The 'Sound of Harmony' grand piano features a lid replicating artwork by which painter?
A) Shi Qi
B) Thomas Dewing
C) Edward Poynter
D) Arthur Blackmore
  • 92. The 'Centenary Grand' was created to celebrate which anniversary of the firm?
A) 100th anniversary
B) 150th anniversary
C) 125th anniversary
D) 50th anniversary
  • 93. How many different types of wood inlays are featured on the 'Sound of Harmony' piano?
A) 13
B) 40
C) 100
D) 9
  • 94. Which sculptor molded the eagle-shaped legs of the 300,000th Steinway piano?
A) Albert Stewart
B) Dakota Jackson
C) George Schastey
D) Walter Dorwin Teague
  • 95. Where does the wood for Steinway soundboards originate?
A) Germany
B) Ohio
C) Alaska
D) Canada
  • 96. Which company did Steinway acquire in Wuppertal, Germany?
A) O. S. Kelly Co.
B) Kluge
C) Yamaha
D) Steinberg
  • 97. What does the company Kluge supply to Steinway?
A) Keyboards
B) Strings
C) Hammers
D) Cast iron plates
  • 98. When did Steinway purchase the O. S. Kelly Co.?
A) November 1999
B) November 2010
C) January 2000
D) December 1998
  • 99. What does the O. S. Kelly Co. supply to Steinway?
A) Cast iron plates
B) Wooden rims
C) Soundboard material
D) Keyboards
  • 100. Who is the author of The Piano Book who expressed a preference for Hamburg Steinways?
A) John Steinway
B) Arthur Rubinstein
C) Emanuel Ax
D) Larry Fine
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