Steinway Provides The Keys To The Competition

Arlington TX

05 June, 2022

6:42 PM

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By Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report June 4, 2022 When Danny Saliba left Astoria, New York, and his job at Steinway & Sons in the early 1990s to open a location in Dallas, he visited the Cliburn Competition. "There were 35 different kinds of pianos being used by the competitors," he said. "It had to have been a nightmare to keep all the various brands of pianos tuned and in performance shape. They're all different. I can't imagine." Since 2001, the competition has been using exclusively Steinway pianos. "That kind of happened gradually but it made sense as Van Cliburn and Steinway have a long history," Saliba said. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.