Definition of Henry steinway

1. Noun. United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Henry Steinway

Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Luce
Henry M. Robert
Henry M. Stanley
Henry Martyn Robert
Henry Miller
Henry Moore
Henry Morgan
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Oscar Houghton
Henry Purcell
Henry Robinson Luce
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Henry Russell
Henry Spencer Moore
Henry Steinway
Henry Sweet
Henry Tudor
Henry V
Henry VI
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Henry Valentine Miller
Henry Villard
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Henry le Chatelier
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Literary usage of Henry steinway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"... henry steinway, Jr., aged nineteen; William, aged fourteen; Albert, aged ten, and three daughters, the eldest twenty-two, the next seventeen and the ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Both Charles and henry steinway dying in 1865, Theodore, the eldest son, disposed of his business in Brunswick and became a partner of the Newr York firm. ..."

3. Music (1897)
"Mr. henry steinway, senior, was born in humble circumstances, ... When Henry Steinway received his honorable discharge he desired to learn the trade of a ..."

4. History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade by Daniel Spillane (1890)
"His brother Charles, one of the elder members, was born in 1829, and was ten years old at this date, while henry steinway, Jr., was eight years old, ..."

5. History of American Music by William Lines Hubbard (1908)
"henry steinway and the sons who were old enough worked at first as journeymen in New York piano factories, the father meantime intently studying business ..."

6. Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Comprising the Revised Statutes by New York (State)., John Worth Edmonds (1868)
"Henry Steinweg to henry steinway. ^ Charles Steinweg to Charles Steinway. Henry Steinweg, Jr., to henry steinway, Jr. William Steinweg to William Steinway. ..."

7. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"henry steinway and the sons who were old enough worked at first as journeymen in New York piano factories, the father meantime intently studying business ..."

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