F. Steiner

microinfo · Post by **microinfo** » 28 Apr 2019, 20:01

Hi everyone, I am Italian and I inherited a piano. Unfortunately I can't understand his story. I searched the brand on the internet but could not find anything. Can you help me ?
The brand is: "F. STEINER"

Thank you
piano img: https://ibb.co/ChZ7Fx9

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 28 Apr 2019, 20:38

There are plenty on Google Images, some are just "Steiner", or...
B. Steiner
Ed. Steiner
Joseph Steiner

I don't have any details of the company, but my Names page
http://www.pianohistory.info/names.htm
explains that many piano names are meaningless.
It might be more useful to see what the WHOLE piano looks like on the outside.

microinfo · Post by **microinfo** » 28 Apr 2019, 23:37

this is a picture I found on the net of my piano. it is the same except for the stool. https://img.clasf.it/2018/02/07/Pianofo ... 204909.jpg

microinfo · Post by **microinfo** » 29 Apr 2019, 10:12

the strange thing is that I can't even find the piano's serial number.

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 29 Apr 2019, 11:09

The serial number won't help unless someone has published dates for Steiner's numbers. If you want to search inside the piano for clues, have a look at
http://www.pianohistory.info/datemarks.html

microinfo · Post by **microinfo** » 29 Apr 2019, 11:33

In an Italian forum I could only find this comment:
"Franz Steiner was a small Austrian house (Vienna) active until 1929. Globally they were produced with this mark c.
I will try to contact the author of the message.