NYTimes article on Steinway Piano's manufacturing process, which has remained largely unchanged for a hundred years.
Anywhere but New York City, a 440,000-square-foot factory like Steinway's would be horizontal, a sprawling, single-story wonder. There would be no need to make appointments for the freight elevators to haul the pianos from floor to floor. There might be mechanical arms to lower the cast-iron plate into the rim, instead of the heavily muscled arms of workers cranking winches.
Anywhere but New York City, a 440,000-square-foot factory like Steinway's would be horizontal, a sprawling, single-story wonder. There would be no need to make appointments for the freight elevators to haul the pianos from floor to floor. There might be mechanical arms to lower the cast-iron plate into the rim, instead of the heavily muscled arms of workers cranking winches.
