1. William Steinway then became an apprentice in a piano factory, where he spent two years.
11 Facts About William Steinway
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William Steinway came to the United States with his father and brothers in 1850.
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In 1866, William Steinway erected William Steinway Hall to make a place for the exhibition of the highest musical skill.
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In 1929, a resort and amusement park area that William Steinway developed just east of Astoria, in North Beach at Bowery Bay, was converted into North Beach Airport, later renamed LaGuardia Airport.
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William Steinway married Regina Roos in Buffalo, New York in April 1861.
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William Steinway was 26 and she 17 and the couple were deeply in love.
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The marriage lasted 16 years and included a series of affairs which William Steinway found devastating, according to his personal diaries.
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William Steinway became involved in Daimler AG's first venture into American markets.
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William Steinway, like Daimler, quite rightly believed these was a bright future for the internal combustion engine and automobile.
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William Steinway served as head of the New York Subway Commission, the group that planned the New York City Subway network.
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William Steinway died on November 30,1896, and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.