Steinweg (later Steinway)
piano maker
Biography
Referenced by the author as one of several piano makers who changed a family name to a more commercially effective form, in this case Steinweg becoming Steinway. The passage gives no biographical particulars, dates, or company detail beyond noting the name change itself, presented alongside similar examples (Tschudi/Shudi, Ehrhardt/Erard, Schumacher/Schomacker).
Highlights
- Changed his name from Steinweg to Steinway.
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 214.
Public domain.