The Steinway Saga: An American Dynasty

by D.W. Fostle

Book Overview

The story behind the Steinway piano-making company reveals how a penniless German immigrant family rose to wealth and power within four generations despite hardship and tragedy, and cities the historical impact of the Steinway piano.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684193183
• ISBN13: 9780684193182
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating look at 19th Century industrial America.

A long book to be read unhurried and thoughtfully. The 19th c. period is an overview of commerce "red in tooth and claw." Concerns were often different but methods much the same as now, perhaps even rougher. The last 50 pages or so hits you like a waterfall of bad decisions, bad management, and incredible lack of understanding of what pianos were and are. A very rich book indeed.