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Steinway & Sons Piano Patents (1875 - 1899)

A Tradition of Superior Design Innovations
Date
Patent Name
Improvement
Inventor
1875 Improvement in Piano Attachments Sostenuto mechanism adapted for grands. Albert Steinway
1875 Improvement in Piano Attachments Sostenuto mechanism adapted for uprights. Albert Steinway
1875 Improvement in Piano Attachments Sostenuto mechanism adapted for square grands. Albert Steinway
1875 Design for Metal Frame in Pianos Plate Design. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1875 Improvement in Grand Piano-Forte Actions Adjustable capstan. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1875 Improvement in Agraffes for Piano- Fortes Capo tasto agraffe. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1875 Improvement in Metal Frames for Piano-Fortes Improvement of cast-iron frame. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1876 Improvement in Piano-Fortes Nose bolts are supplied with removable nuts. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1876 Improvement in Piano Sound-Boards The addition of a bind bar for the soundboard. C.F.Theodor Steinway
1877 Improvement in Piano-Forte Attachments Work on creating a quieter keyboard Albert Steinway
1877 Improvement in Piano-Action Frames Reissue of earlier patents. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Grand Piano-Fortes Improvement of case. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions Improvement of keys for uprights. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Piano-Fortes Improvement of capo tasto bar. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Piano-Forte Agraffes Improvements to agraffes. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Sounding-Boards for Piano-Fortes Soundboard improvements. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Capodastro-Frames for Piano-Fortes Capo tasto bar for uprights. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Design for a Piano Grand case design. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Design for an Upright Piano-Forte Case Upright case design. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1878 Improvement in Piano-Forte Repeating- Actions Improvement on repetititon in uprights. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Innovations in the Construction of Pianofortes, Especially of Grand Pianos Grand piano case design. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Innovations in Upright Pianofortes Improvements on capto tasto bar. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Improvement in Devices for Leveling the Key-Frames of Piano-Fortes keyframe regulating device. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Improvement in Devices for Adjusting Piano-Forte-Action Frames Precision change for strike-points of hammers. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Improvement in Piano-Action Frames Reissue of earlier patents. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1879 Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions Reissue of earlier patent. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Piano-Action and Action-Frame Improvement of action for uprights. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Screw-Clamp for Wood-Bending Machines Innovation for wood bending. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Design for a Piano-Forte Case Case design for upright. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Upright Piano-Forte Innovations in case and cast-iron plate. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Piano-Forte Hammer Hammer innovation. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Piano-Forte Hammer Hammer innovation. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Key-Frame Bed for Piano-Fortes Innovations on keyframe. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Piano Sounding-Board Bridge Innovations on soundboard construction. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1880 Piano-Forte Reissue of earlier patent. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1883 Piano-Action Innovation in key placement. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1885 Piano-Frame Addition of trebel bell for grands. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1885 Piano-Pedal Innovation for silent pedal action. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1885 Piano-Frame Innovation in case and cupola plate construction. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1885 Panel for Upright Pianos Desk Panel for uprights. C.F. Theodor Steinway
1888 Music Rack Attachment for Upright Pianos Innovation for attaching music rack. Henry L. Ziegler
1893 String-Frame for Upright Pianos Improvement of frame. Henry L. Ziegler
1893 Upright Piano Improvement of plate. Henry L. Ziegler
1895 Upright Piano Improvement of plate and pinblock. Henry L. Ziegler
1897 Pianino With Isolated Pin Block Improvement of plate and pinblock. Henry L. Ziegler
1897 Sounding-Board Support for Pianos Improvement of soundboard support for uprights. Henry L. Ziegler
1898 Sounding-Board Support Improvement of soundboard support for uprights. Henry L. Ziegler
1899 Piano Plate nose for grand pianos. Henry L. Ziegler

Sources (Click to Expand/Collapse)
Ratcliffe, Ronald and Stuart Isacoff. Steinway. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002.

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