Steinway Construction Exhibit
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- The Steinway Construction tour display in Overture Center’s lobby
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- The piano rim makes the instrument more than just beautiful. Along with the bracing and iron plate, the completed piano will hold more than 20 tons of tension created by the strings.
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- (f) The 300-pound cast-iron plate and (b) solid Sitka spruce soundboard
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- The patented Steinway & Sons Accelerated Action is built of over 5,000 individual parts.
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- Bridges are attached to the soundboard and transfer energy from the vibrating strings to the board for amplification
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- Steinway & Sons trademark is cast into each iron plate
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- (f) Key action model (b) plate and soundboard
All photos by Grant Billings
