previous            A–Z            next        Heinrich Engelhardt Steinweg Pseudonym:        Henry Engelhard Steinway The German piano manufacturer Heinrich Engelhardt Steinweg (1797–1871)  settled in the United States (in 1851) and with his sons founded a piano factory in New York (1853). He legally changed his name to an anglicised version in 1864. Source: Room, A. (1981), ‘Name Stories’, Naming Names, p.145 previous            A–Z            next