<div>Tom,</div><div> </div><div>Thank you so much for the information. The Steinweg piano, according to the atlas, was manufactured in 1907 in Germany. The fallboard displays "Grotian, Steinweg Nachf Braunschakig." The owners' father was a military person and actually bought the piano while in Germany and had it shipped to the United States, where it has been since that time. According to the daughter, the father deemed it a prized possession, as it was purchased for the mother, who never had time to play it very much. To have been made in 1907, the action looks immaculate to me. The bridges are beginning to display some cracking at the pins, the soundboard is showing cracking but not producing the distorting sound that one would expect, but the pinblock seems to be holding up very well. I do believe it has been restrung, because the strings have still have </div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <<a href="mailto:rheapiano@cox.net" target="_blank">rheapiano@cox.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div> Wesley, The Steinweg name is indeed well known in Germany, as the instruments – until 2000 – were manufactured as Grotrian-Steinweg or simply Grotrian. The Steinweg that was associated with Grotrian was also closely related to Theodor Steinway of New York, hence linked to the high quality associated with the Steinway name. Information about Grotrian can be found at <a href="http://www.grotrian.de/" target="_blank">www.grotrian.de</a> and in various other resources on the web. I couldn’t find any information specifically about a Steinweg, though. All of the references were for Grotrian-Steinweg or simply Grotrian. If you could find some more information about the piano (i.e. type, size, model, serial number, age, etc.) it might make the search for information a lot easier. In a nutshell, though, a Steinweg or Grotrian-Steinweg is a very well-known and respected name in Germany and the company has had a long and distinguished history of producing extremely high quality and beautifully sounding instruments for almost two centuries. Since Steinweg is the original spelling of the more commonly known piano manufacturer, Steinway, I would assume that the family propensity for high quality instruments would be evident in the Steinweg branch of the family that decided to stay in Germany. Hope this bit of information helps. Let us know what else you come up with. Thanks, Tom Rhea Rhea Piano Service Norfolk, VA <div> <div style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Wesley Hardman Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:29 PM To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a> Subject: [pianotech] Steinweg Piano </div><div> <div> Does anyone know anything about the Steinweg piano? All I know about the Steinweg is that it was made in Germany. A client of mine has one to be sold as a part of her family's estate and is wondering if it holds some sort of special value of any kind. If someone could shed some light on this subject, I would appreciate it greatly. </div> <div> </div> <div> Wesley Hardman, RPT </div> <div> Scottsboro, AlabamA </div> </div></div> </div> </blockquote></div>