Talk:Henry E. Steinway

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Isn't he a a German-Jewish immigrant? Or, wasn't he, rather. - Taco325i 23:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Not Jewish, simply German. Gerhard51 19:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Major clean-up on the prose; the existing article was clearly not written by a native English speaker, so I rewrote most of it. Not sure if it now satisfies the "clean-up" tag, but it's better anyway. --NetherlandishYankee 19:00, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Steinweg is a typical average jewish german name

Date of birth
15 February or 17 February? Google doesn't have a clear majority (which wouldn't necessarily be a good basis to decide the matter, admittedly). -- JackofOz (talk) 08:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

According to Ronald V. Ratcliffe's Steinway, is is February 15, 1797. Pianoguy91 (talk) 20:17, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Germany?
That flag and the country Germany did not exist at his birth. German Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, or some other preceding state perhaps but not Germany. It would also be interesting to know what language he spoke, and his ethnicity (Frisian or something else for example)Geo8rge (talk) 11:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * He was a born man from Seesen, Harz Mountains region, region of Hannover, Göttingen, etc. Nationality: german / lower saxony belonging to the Duke of Brunswick. There are several errors in the life description. Henry S. lived in Seesen in the Harz Mountains, he did not emigrate from Brunswick but from Seesen. When the family went to New York by Ship from Hamburg, his eldest son Theodor stayed in Germany and carried on with his father's pianomaker business. He then moved north to Wolfenbüttel, company named C.F.Th. Steinweg, went into partnership with Grotrian and Helfferich (company named C.F.Th. Steinweg, Grotrian, Helfferich, Schultz) and then the german business moved to Brunswick. When C.F.Th. Steinweg followed his father's wish to come also to New York and help (two younger brothers had died in 1865) and had the business sold to his partners, the company renamed "Grotrian, Helfferich, Schultz, C.F.Th. Steinweg Nachf." (successors). Later on the Steinway company in the USA showed to be bullish about the ongoing use of the old german founder's name Steinweg (Grotrian-Steinweg). They fought against the use (If I remember correctly in the USA and in Germany) and tried to forbid the elder company the use of the founders's name. Actual status after decades of ongoing law suits is calm, and that the Grotrian-Steinweg company (their correct legal name in Germany) drops the "Steinweg" part on fallboards of pianos which they sell in the USA. So in the USA you actually can buy a piano "Grotrian", built by the german company Grotrian-Steinweg which honors their founder even if the "other part" S&S does not like this. -- AxelKingg (talk) 09:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Immigration Story
This recollection is culled from various sources. Two Steinweg sons preceded their father to New York City to gain a basic acquaintance, plus a business foothold in Manhattan. By mere chance, their father's arrival from Hamburg would be very close to the arrival of the steamship Atlantic, bearing Jenny Lind - The Swedish Nightingale - at the start of her American tour.

The sponsor and promoter of her tour was Phineas T. Barnum. Barnum had commissioned the Chickering Piano company to build a special grand for the concert tour, at a cost of some $1,800 [the year was 1849].

The Steinweg sons bought their father a ticket for Jenny Lind's first performance at Castle Garden. The story is that when Heinrich entered the theater he ignored being seated. Rather, he dashed up the aisle to the orchestra pit and nearly devoured the piano. While people watched, papa Steinweg crawled underneath it, over it, and nearly inside it. He had to be drug to his seat. This story - I believe - appeared in a small book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Steinway company. -- Ed Chilton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.52.114 (talk) 19:09, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

New Source
The German Historical Institute in Washington DC has published a short biographical article on Henry E. Steinway that can be found here: http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=147 Immigrantentrep (talk) 20:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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Two different places - Wolfshagem im Harz and Langelsheim
Langelsheim and Wolfshagen im Harz are different places. Why is the link on this article for Wolfshagen im Harz going to Langelsheim? --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 12:41, 11 April 2019 (UTC)