Steinwayn.
/ˈstʌɪnweɪ/, U.S. /ˈstaɪnˌweɪ/ Used attributively or absol. to designate a piano manufactured by Steinway or by the firm which he founded in New York in 1853.
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grand pianoforte1784
square pianoforte1787
grand piano1795
cottage pianoforte1816
cottage piano1824
table piano1827
table pianoforte1827
tin kettle1827
grand1830
piccolo1831
Broadwood1832
semi-grand1835
pianino1848
cottage1850
square piano1853
street piano1855
upright1860
pianette1862
digitorium1866
Steinway1875
baby grand1879
square1882
tin pan1882
honky-tonk piano1934
minipiano1934
spinet1936
prepared piano1940
ravalement1959
rinky-tink1961
miniature1974
Mozart piano1980
1875 T. Yelverton Teresina in Amer. ii. 181 In the latter there was one of the best pianos (a Steinway) that I touched in America, where good pianos are by no means rare.
1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 13 July 4/4 She was presented with a Steinway Grand.
1905 A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love iii. v. 260 The piano, a Steinway in a hundred Steinways.
1933 E. Wharton Human Nature 172 I always knew fashionable people could barely distinguish a barrel-organ from a Steinway.
1965 J. M. Cain Magician's Wife (1966) ii. 18 At one end of the room was a Steinway baby grand.
1977 New Yorker 19 Sept. 64/2 I pictured a sea of Steinways to choose from in Juillard's basement.
1981 J. Johnston Christmas Tree 130 There was a piano, a beautiful Steinway concert grand... The only reality was the room with the Steinway.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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