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Steinway Musical Instruments

American musical instrument manufacturer

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing and marketing conglomerate, based in Astoria, New York, the United States. It was formed in a 1995 merger between the Selmer Industries and Steinway Musical Properties, the parent company of Steinway & Sons piano manufacturers. From 1996 to 2013, Steinway Musical Instruments was traded at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the abbreviation LVB, for Ludwig van Beethoven.2 It employed 1,700 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1
  • HeadquartersWaltham1
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • LEI54930055OPID242NEX873
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O Corporation Service Company, 19808 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 23430353

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Grand Floridian Steinway Piano (30826450254)
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Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing and marketing conglomerate, based in Astoria, New York, the United States. It was formed in a 1995 merger between the Selmer Industries and Steinway Musical Properties, the parent company of Steinway & Sons piano manufacturers. From 1996 to 2013, Steinway Musical Instruments was traded at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the abbreviation LVB, for Ludwig van Beethoven. It was acquired by the Paulson & Co. private capital firm in 2013.2

Corporate structure

Steinway Musical Instruments sits at the top of its group. 8 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Steinway Musical Instruments reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

May 1995: Selmer Industries acquired Steinway Musical Properties, parent company of Steinway & Sons piano company.

July 1996: Selmer Industries was renamed "Steinway Musical Instruments".

August 1996: Steinway Musical Instruments IPO.

January 1997: acquisition of Emerson, flute manufacturer.

December 1998: acquisition of Kluge Klaviaturen, piano key manufacturer.

March 1999: acquisition of Steinway Hall in New York City, prominent piano showroom with concert hall.

November 1999: acquisition of the O.S. Kelly Company, piano plate manufacturer.

January 2000: acquisition of Pianohaus Karl Lang, piano showroom and authorized Steinway piano dealer.

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September 2000: acquisition of United Musical Instruments, wind instrument manufacturer.

January 2003: merger of the Selmer Company and United Musical Instruments into one entity under Conn-Selmer.

August 2004: acquisition of G. Leblanc, wind instrument manufacturer and distributor.

May 2008: acquisition of ArkivMusic, online retailer of recorded classical music.

September 2013: acquired by Paulson & Co.

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Products and brands

  • piano

Listed on Wikidata.1

Current products

The company and its subsidiaries produces instruments under the following brand names:

Pianos:

Steinway & Sons – pianos for the top-level market

Boston – pianos for the mid-level market

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Essex – pianos for the entry-level market

Brasswinds:

Bach – trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns, trombones

Conn – single and double horns, flugelhorns, cornets, trombones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones, saxophones

Holton – cornets, French horns, trombones, trumpets

King – marching brass, trombones, baritones, cornets, flugelhorns, French horns, mellophones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones

Prelude – trumpets, marching brass, piccolos, flutes, clarinets, saxophones (entry-level instruments) (Chinese)

Woodwinds:

Armstrong – flutes, piccolos

Leblanc – clarinets

Selmer – saxophones, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons

Vito – entry-level clarinets

Strings:

Glaesel – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)

Scherl & Roth – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)

Wm. Lewis & Son – violins, violas, cellos, double basses (Chinese)

Percussion and drums:

Ludwig

Musser

Other:

Listen: Life with Music & Culture – magazines

Rousseau – woodwind mouthpieces

Steinway & Sons Label – record label

Discontinued products

Brasswinds:

Benge – trumpets, piccolo trumpets, trombones

Cleveland

Martin – trumpets, trombones

Woodwinds:

Artley

Avanti – flutes

Emerson – flutes, piccolos

Galway Spirit Flutes – flutes

Noblet

Normandy

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1995Founded Founded1

Sources

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