Uyazi ukuthi uSteinway & Sons, omunye wabenzi bepayipi abadume kakhulu emhlabeni, usekhona e- Astoria, Queens ? Ungahamba ngohambo lwama-dollar eyi-$ 10 lapho ama-pianos adumile eenkampani ezakhiwa khona ngesandla ngabadwebi abanekhono. Kuyindlela ethakazelisayo yokubona indlela umsindo wePianoway ophikisayo ongafinyeleleki ngayo. Kuyathakazelisa nokufunda ukuthi umkhaya waseSteinway unesibopho sokuthuthukisa upiyano wanamuhla kulokho okuyilolu suku, kanye nokuthuthukisa indawo yaseSteinway e-Astoria.
I-Astoria ibilokhu ibe yindlu ye-Steinway & Sons factory piano amashumi eminyaka. Ifektri itholakala engxenyeni esenyakatho ye-Astoria, endaweni yezimboni, e-1 Steinway Place, esenyakatho ye-19th Avenue.
Umlando we-Steinway & Umlando
I-Steinway & Amadodana yasungulwa ngo-1853 ngumenzi waseKalimane owayevela ezweni laseJalimane nomenzi weKhabhinethi uHenry Engelhard Steinway, e-loft eVarick Street eManhattan . Ekugcineni wasungula ifoni ku-59th Street (lapho i-piano ibhange langempela likhona).
Ekhulwini lesishiyagalolunye leminyaka yekhulu le-19, iSteinways yashukumisela leli feksi endaweni yalo manje eQueens futhi yasungula umphakathi izisebenzi zayo ezibizwa ngokuthi iSteinway Village, manje eseyingxenye ye-Astoria. I-Steinways nayo yavula umtapo wezincwadi, kamuva owaba yingxenye yesistimu ye-Queens Public Library.
Ukuvakasha i-Factory
Ukuvakasha kwefektri kuthatha amahora amathathu futhi kufundiswa kakhulu. Uhambo luhle kakhulu, futhi empeleni, umagazini weForbes uvotele enye yezinkambo ezintathu ezintathu eziphezulu ezweni.
Kuhlinzekwa kuphela kusukela ngo-9: 30 ngoLwesibili kusukela ngoSeptemba kuya kuJuni futhi amaqembu amancane (16), ngakho-ke qiniseka ukubhuka uhambo lwakho kusengaphambili ngokubiza 718-721-2600 noma nge-imeyili ku-tours@steinway.com. Amathikithi ayi-$ 10 ngamunye futhi bonke ababambiqhaza kufanele babe okungenani iminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Ukuze uthole imininingwane yokuvakasha eyengeziwe kanye nemihlahlandlela, vakashela iwebhusayithi esemthethweni.
Umqondisi wezokuvakasha uqala ngokutshela izivakashi umlando omncane wenkampani, nokuthi indlela yepiyano yaseSteinway ithandwa kakhulu futhi ithandwa kakhulu. Maphakathi no-1850 ama-pianos ayenziwa kakhulu emakhaya asezingeni eliphezulu. Ngesinye isikhathi eNew York City, kwakukhona abenzi bepiyano abangaba ngu-200. Ama piyano aseSteinway aqala ukuba yi-piano yokuzikhethela ngalesi sikhathi, ukuthola ukuqashelwa nokuwina imiklomelo e-US naseYurophu ngekhwalithi nokuzwakala.
Yini Ongayilindela kusuka ku-Tour
Uzobona inqubo yonke yokudala i-piyano, kusukela enkuni eluhlaza (i-walnut, iphakathi elilodwa, i-spruce), ku-veneer yazo zonke izinhlobo (ama-mahogany, i-rosewood, i-pommele), kuze kulungiswe ukugcina. Izinkuni eziluhlaza zikhulile futhi i-veneer ivela emahlathini angaphandle evunwa e-Afrika, eCanada nakwezinye izindawo.
Enye inothi mayelana nezinkuni ezisetshenziselwa ukubeka imithi: Steinway & Sons kunzima ngokuba nemaphepha efanele uma uthola lezi zinkuni ezingavamile, kanti inkampani ngeke ithathe noma yikuphi ukukhuni okuvunwe ngokungemthetho.
Uzobona futhi igumbi elilodwa elalinikezelwe ekwakheni isenzo sokudlala piyano, kusukela kusihluthulelo ngokwayo kuya kwesando kanye nazo zonke izingxenye ezincane phakathi. Kungase kukumangaze ukubona ikakhulukazi abesifazane beqoqa ndawonye isenzo. Ngokusobala, lokhu kungenxa yokuthi abesifazane bahlukumeza kakhulu kunamadoda, ngakho-ke bangasebenzisa kalula izingxenye ezincane, eziyinkimbinkimbi zepiyano kalula.
Igumbi lokuqeda lapho ukuqedela kusetshenziselwa khona izinsimbi, usebenzisa ama-lacquers nama-shellacs. Izinsimbi "ezinama-ebonized" zinemikhono eyisithupha ye-lacquer, emithathu emnyama neyesithathu ecacile.
Uzoqeda ukuvakasha ekamelweni lokubukwa kwefektri, lapho uvakashela khona abaculi be-Steinway bezobona ama pianos futhi badlale izinsimbi kuma-acoustic emangalisayo.