Restoring Steinway No. 2166: An 1858 Steinway Piano

How the La Guardia and Wagner Archives acquired an 1858 Steinway piano and Steinway workers repaired and restored the piano. To find out more about the history of this Steinway piano and of the Steinway & Sons Company go to http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu

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Music

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• Steinway & Sons
• Astoria
• pianos
• 1858
• archival material

[sgtpepper1138]

true craftsman, love watching old things come back to life and get used again

as a musician, it doesn't get any better, thanks for posting

[kristenmriley]

I have #1821 - another Civil War survivor!

[mslevine3]

The keyboard works fine, the nibblings don't go too deep, but the piano has a wooden harp and cannot hold its tuning for very long. Before metal harps were developed, pianos had to be tuned much more frequently.

[jmanthirtyseven]

2166 is olllllld.

[fijneR]

Great film! Thank you

[ramesses88]

What a beautiful story.

How playable is the keyboard?

I only ask this because of the mouse nibblings.

[leojregeirt]

Wow!....150 years old..beautiful to see its triumphant return, and what a tale! mice ate the keys in a hay pile....

I've tuned a handful of these Steinway square grands, even done some small repairs on them, but they are intimidating. Bravo on the rebuild.!

[speedylocs]

beautiful.