Identifier: worldalmanacency1908newy (find matches)
Title: The World almanac and encyclopedia
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Almanacs, American Statistics
Publisher: New York : Press Pub. Co. (The New York World)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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r the piano. They inventedother great improvements that made the tone of their pianos superior to all others.The crowned heads of Europe, by royal warrant, Hppointed the Steinways as ei3 makers of their pianos, and they are still nialcin^ tlie pianos used in the homes ofroyalty, as well as for the greatest musicians of tlie times. BOYS COMPELLED TO WORK AS APPRENTICES. Henry E. Steinway compelled every one Of his sons to go into the factory andlearn how to build a Steinway piano. They in turn compelled their sons to workat the bench until tliey were capable of tuj-niug out the perfect Steinway. In thismanner the great liouse lias continued to develop members of the blood, and con-sequentlj the pianos are made according to the precepts of the originators. The sons of the present generation learned the trade at the bench. They weretaken into the big factories as mere apprentice boys and, under hard taskmasters,were required to learn every step of the piano-building business. Each of the
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ROOM OF APPRENTICES AT RIKER AVENUE FACTORY WHERE BOYS OPSTEINWAY BLOOD START TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE PIANOS. THE boys graduated, and, in addition to their proficiency in piano building, they wereall given a thorough education in music. These boys of the present generationare preparing to take the reins of their elders, and in future years will guide thedestinies of the house. SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BLOOD NOW ACTIVE. The seven members of the Steinway blood who are now actively engaged inconducting the affairs of the company are Charles H. Steinway, President; Fred-erick T. Steinway, Head of the Department of Manufacture; Henry Ziegler, Headof the Department of Inventions and Construction; William R. Steinway, Assistantto President Charles H. Steinway; Theodore E. Steinway, Theodore Cassebeer, andEdwin Cassebeer. The liast four named are the fourth generation of Steinways. Steinway Hall, on Fourteenth Street, in this city, once famous as the countrysgreatest music kail, while practically de

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