People and pianos2005

"Photographs, engaging narrative, and charming anecdotes take the reader from the early days of Steinway & Sons in the mid-nineteenth century, through World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II, to the Steinway & Sons of today, tracing the company's evolution from a family business to a modern corporation, all in the context of the dramatic cultural, political, and economic changes of the past 150 years." "For piano lovers, this volume includes descriptions, illustrations, and photographs of the technical innovations that made the Steinway piano great and tracks its advances against the backdrop of such unfolding technologies as the player piano, the phonograph, radio, television, and electronic amplification."--Jacket.