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Up form sale a RARE! "Steinway & Sons" Henry Z Steinway Hand Signed 3.5X5.5 Address Card.
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Henry Ziegler Steinway (August
23, 1915 – September 18, 2008) was the last member of the Steinway family
to be president of the piano company Steinway & Sons. He was born on August 23, 1915 in Manhattan, New York City. He
was the great-grandson of the company founder Henry E. Steinway and started at the firm in 1937 after
graduating from Harvard University. He was
president of the company from 1955 to 1977.[1] He was the first president of
NAMM Museum of Making Music. The
2007 National Medal of Arts was
awarded to Henry Z. Steinway and presented by US President George Bush on 15 November 2007 in an East Room ceremony
at the White House. Henry Z.
Steinway received the award for "his devotion to preserving and promoting
quality craftsmanship and performance; as an arts patron and advocate for music
and music education; and for continuing the fine tradition of the Steinway
piano as an international symbol of American ingenuity and cultural excellence.
The National Medal of Arts is a presidential initiative managed by the National Endowment for the
Arts. In celebration of his 91st birthday and honoring a lifetime of
service to the company, Steinway & Sons introduced a series of Henry Z.
Steinway Limited Edition pianos in ebony or East Indian rosewood with
distinctive music stands bearing cutwork of the initials HZS. The pianos
were advertised nationally. A small cast bronze ovoid plaque inside each such
piano bears relief sculpture portraits of the Steinway
family company presidents, along with a space for the serial number to be stamped. A total of 91 HZS
pianos were authorized: one for each year of his life at the time. Henry Z.
Steinway donated his administrative files from the 1960s-70s to La Guardia and Wagner
Archives (see also the section Steinway
& Sons in the article La Guardia and Wagner Archives),
which contains the records of the piano company dating to the 1850s. He died on
September 18, 2008, aged 93, in Manhattan, New York City.
