Henry Z. Steinway 1915-2008.

Music Trades, October, 2008

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HENRY ZIEGLER STEINWAY, great-grandson of Steinway & Sons founder Henry Engelhard Steinway, died at his Manhattan apartment on the morning of September 18. He had just turned 93 years old.

In a 71-year career in the piano industry that began with an apprenticeship on the factory floor and progressed through every level of management, the former Steinway CEO enjoyed perhaps the broadest perspective of any piano executive in memory. This unique vantage point, combined with his unfailingly gracious ...