Steinway & Sons

German-American company
Organization business Q156391
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Summary

Steinway & Sons is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,035 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Germany[3], United States[4]
  • Instance of: privately held company[5], musical instrument manufacturing company[6], enterprise[7]
  • Founder: Henry E. Steinway[8]
  • Named after: Henry E. Steinway[9]
  • Headquarters location: Hamburg[10], Astoria[11]
  • Commons category: Steinway & Sons[12]
  • Industry: manufacture of musical instruments[13]
  • Archives at: Metropolitan Museum of Art[14]
  • Inception: March 5, 1853[15]
  • Parent organization or unit: Steinway Musical Instruments[16]
  • Official website: https://www.steinway.com[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Steinway & Sons[18]
  • Commons gallery: Steinway & Sons[19]
  • Product or material produced: grand piano[20], upright piano[21], piano[22]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[23]
  • Legal form: joint-stock company[24]
  • Native label: Steinway & Sons[25]
  • Street address: BRANCH REGISTRATION, REFER TO PARENT REGISTRY, UNITED STATES[26]
  • Has works in the collection: National Museum Paleis het Loo[27]
  • Social media followers: 32,625[28], 32,354[29], 69,800[30], 33,646[31], 80,200[32], 34,531[33], 93,100[34], 108,000[35]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Steinway & Sons include Steinway artist[36], a title of honor[37], in United States[38].

Why It Matters

Steinway & Sons has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include Steinway artist[36], a title of honor[37], in United States[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org. Retrieved . neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Steinway_and_Sons, Steinway_&_Sons
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    Sitelink count → 38
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  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 6665-53E7-1F7C-EA5B-2999
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  4. 22w ago · Hofurytg · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 22w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opencorporates id → de/K1101R_HRB2972
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  6. 23w ago · Hofurytg · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opencorporates id → de/K1101R_HRB2972
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  7. 23w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+32625'}, {'amount': '+32354'}, {'amount': '+69800'} +7
    Parent organization or unit → Steinway Musical Instruments
    Country → Germany, United States
    Image unavailable reason → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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