Henry Z. Steinway
Henry Ziegler Steinway | |
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Born | New York City, US | 23 August 1915
Died | 18 September 2008 New York City, US | (aged 93)
Other names | Henry Z. Steinway |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | President of the piano company Steinway & Sons |
Henry Ziegler Steinway (August 23, 1915 – September 18, 2008) was the last member of the Steinway family to be president of the piano company Steinway & Sons.
Biography
He was born on August 23, 1915, in Manhattan, New York City.
He was the great-grandson of the company founder Henry E. Steinway and started at the firm in 1937 after graduating from Harvard University. He was president of the company from 1955 to 1977.[1] He was the first president of NAMM Museum of Making Music.[2]
The 2007
In celebration of his 91st birthday and honoring a lifetime of service to the company, Steinway & Sons introduced a series of Henry Z. Steinway Limited Edition pianos in ebony or East Indian rosewood with distinctive music stands bearing cutwork of the initials HZS.[3] The pianos were advertised nationally. A small cast bronze ovoid plaque inside each such piano bears relief sculpture portraits of the Steinway family company presidents, along with a space for the serial number to be stamped.[3] A total of 91 HZS pianos were authorized: one for each year of his life at the time.
Henry Z. Steinway donated his administrative files from the 1960s-70s to La Guardia and Wagner Archives (see also the section Steinway & Sons in the article La Guardia and Wagner Archives), which contains the records of the piano company dating to the 1850s.
He was a notable honorary member of the American music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a part of the Alpha Alpha chapter in 1962.
He died on September 18, 2008, aged 93, in Manhattan, New York City.[4]
References
- ^ Steinway & Sons. steinway.com
- ^ Rob Hughes (September 19, 2008) Henry Z. Steinway. mi-pro.co.uk
- ^ a b Henry Z. Steinway Limited Edition. steinway.com
- ^ "Henry Z. Steinway, Piano Maker, Dies at 93". The New York Times. September 18, 2008.
External links
- The Steinway & Sons Collection in La Guardia and Wagner Archives Archived 2020-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Henry Steinway Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2001)
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - Famous Sinfonians Archived 2019-03-16 at the Wayback Machine