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Definitely, I guess your baby was made circa 1933.

Yes, the company seat and the factory were located in Berlin. As far as I know no list of Steinberg serial numbers has ever been published and internal lists probably have not survived, otherwise they would have been made public. Whether the owners could save any lists or other paperwork could only ...

A lot has been written in this forum about the history of the Steinberg brand. The logo indicates that your grand was built in Berlin before the family and the company had to move to London. In London they changed the logo. Your grand must have been one of the last made in Germany, probably in 1936 ...

Hi mrn,
your grand was made in London. The grand parents of kingbee reached London in late 1937 or early 1938. My grand No. 33958 was built 1935 or 1934. So I guess serial number 38115 must have been built in the late thirties or early forties.

For more information on Steinberg, Berlin go to http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-forums/piano4728.html.
The piano with serial number 7512 must have been manufactured between 1908 (foundation of the company) and 1920. I guess it was around 1915.

to answer kingbee´s question: my father is still technically the owner but the grand is in my family´s possession now and played mostly by our kids who are very talented young pianists, unlike me: I am neither young nor talented ':D'

Hi again. I have uploaded some photos of our Steinberg grand here, including one photo from my grandfather´s home in Berlin Spandau taken around christmas 1935. My father is the kid playing the piano, the other one is my uncle: http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/35760/2002064162667950878_rs.jpg http:/...

another question: could it be that Herbert Loewy had changed his name to H. B. Lowry?

Hi kingbee, it is a miracle that your aunt is still with us and can give us some first hand information about the Steinberg company. My father told me another story he had heard from my grandfather. After our grand had been taken from Berlin to the city of Essen (Ruhr area) in 1955, the firm Schmitz...

I forgot the other book I had mentioned: Jens-Uwe Witter, Das Klavier-Lexikon: Namen und Fabrikate aus dem Klavier-, Orgel- und Harmoniumbau sowie Handel und Service von 1788 - 2000 / . - 2. Ausg. - Schillingsfürst : Musik-&-Methodik-Verlag Kircheis, 2000. - 967 S. ; 21 cm. - ISBN 3-929501-04-X:...

Hi, sure, but you can also order Henkel´s books directly from the publisher´s online shop and where you can also find the ISBNs: http://www.bochinsky.de/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=huber You might also be interested in the Atlas der Pianonummern (Atlas of piano Numbers) by Jan Großbach with ...

Hello, a close friend of my grandfather´s worked with the Steinberg company in Berlin and so it happened that in 1935 my grandfather bought a grand piano directly at the factory. The grand had been built in 1935 or 1934 and was on display in the showroom. According to my father the friend indicated ...