Ngaba wayesazi ukuba uSteinway & Son, omnye wabenzi bepayili abadumileyo kwihlabathi, usekhona kwi- Astoria, Queens ? Unokwenza uhambo lwama-$ 10 apho i-pianos eyaziwayo eyaziwayo yenkampani yakhiwa ngesandla ngabagcisa abanezakhono. Yinkqubo echukumisayo ukubona indlela i-piano yeSteinway engenakulinganiswa ngayo. Kwakhona kunomdla ukufunda indlela intsapho yaseStein ejongene ngayo nokuphuhlisa ipiyano yanamhlanje kwizinto ezikhoyo namhlanje, kwakunye nokuphuhlisa ummandla waseSteinway e-Astoria.
I-Astoria ibe yindlu ye-Steinway & Son ye-piano factory kwamashumi eminyaka. Umzi ufumaneka kwicandelo elikude elisenyakatho lase-Astoria, kwindawo yoshishino, kwi-1 Steinway Place, esecaleni kwe-Avenue ye-19.
Steinway & Son History
I-Steinway kunye neNyana yasungulwa ngo-1853 nguJamani ongumfuduki kunye nomenzi wekomiti yeeKhabhinethi uHenry Engelhard Steinway, kwi-loft e- Varick Street eManhattan . Ekugqibeleni wagqiba umveliso kwi-59th Street (apho i-bhanki yamanje ipayili).
Kwixesha elingaphelanga le-19 leminyaka, i-Steinways yahambisa umbane kwindawo yayo ekhoyo kwiQueens kwaye yazisa uluntu kubasebenzi bayo ababizwa ngokuba yiSteinway Village, ngoku iyingxenye ye-Astoria. I-Steinways yavula ilayibrari, eyayiba yinxalenye yenkqubo yeeLebhu yeeNcwadi zikaRhulumente.
Ukutyelela i-Factory
Iindwendwe zefektri zithatha iiyure ezi-3 kwaye zifundisa ngokugqithiseleyo. Uhambo lugqwesileyo, kwaye ngokwenene, iphephancwadi laseForbes livotele elinye lezona zihlandlo eziphezulu ezintathu zokuhamba kwilizwe.
Inikwa kuphela ukuqala ngo-9: 30 ngoLwesibili ukususela ngoSeptemba ukuya kuJuni kunye namaqela amancinci (16), ke qiniseka ukuba ubhenke ngokuhamba phambili ngokubiza 718-721-2600 okanye nge-imeyile kwi-tours@steinway.com. Amathikiti a-$ 10 ngamnye kwaye bonke abathathi-nxaxheba kufuneka babe ubuncinane ubuneminyaka eli-16 ubudala. Ngeenkcukacha ezongezelelweyo zokutyelela kunye nezikhokelo, tyelela iwebhusayithi esemthethweni.
Isikhokelo sokutyelela siqala ngokuxelela iindwendwe ngembali encinane yenkampani, kunye nendlela ipiyano yaseSteinway yaziwa ngayo kwaye ihlonishwa kakhulu. Phakathi kwee-1850 ii-pianos zaza zaziwa kakhulu kwiindawo zasemaphandleni. Kwesinye isiXeko saseNew York, kwakukho abenzi abangama-piano angama-200. I-pianos yaseStinway yaqala ukuba yi-piano ekhethiweyo ngeli xesha, ukufumana ukuqaphela kunye nokuwonga amaxabiso e-US naseYurophu ekumgangatho kunye nesandi.
Yintoni ongayilindela kwiNdwendwe
Ngokuqhelekileyo uza kubona yonke inkqubo yokudala iipiyano, ukusuka kwintlanga eluhlaza (i-walnut, i-pear, i-spruce), kwi-veneer yazo zonke iindidi (mahogany, rosewood, pommele), ukuya kutsho kokugqibela. Imithi ekhuni ikhulile kwaye i-veneer ivela kwiintlanga eziqingqiweyo ezivunwa e-Afrika, eCanada nakwezinye iindawo.
Inqaku elinye malunga neenkuni ezisetyenziselwa umgcini: I-Steinway kunye neNyana ibaluleke kakhulu malunga nokuba neefayili ezifanelekileyo ukwenzela ukuba zifumane le mihlathi engabonakaliyo, kwaye inkampani ayiyi kuthatha nayiphi na imithi evunyiwe ngokungekho mthethweni.
Uza kubona elinye igumbi elizinikele ekudaleni inyathelo eliphambili lepiyano, ukusuka kwitshixo ngokwayo ukuya kwintando kunye nazo zonke iindawo ezincinci phakathi. Unokumangalisa ukuba ubona ngokubanzi abafazi baqhawula ndawonye isenzo. Kubonakala ukuba, ngenxa yokuba abafazi baxhomekeke ngakumbi kunamadoda, ngoko ke banokubamba iqela elincinci, elincinci lepiyano ngokulula.
Igumbi lokugqiba apho kukugqitywa khona ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo, usebenzisa i-lacquers kunye ne-shellacs. Izixhobo "eziboniweyo" zinemikhono emithandathu yelayiti, abathathu abamnyama nabathathu abacacileyo.
Uya kugqiba ukutyelela kwindawo yokubonisa indawo, apho ukutyelela abaculi be-Steinway beza kubabona ii pianos kwaye badlale izixhobo kwiimpawu zokumangalisa.