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Steinway Patents

Patent Number Date Inventor Invention
2031748 Feb. 25, 1936 F. A. Vietor Key Leading (Acc. Action)
2048368 July 21, 1936 P. H. Bilhuber Steel Capo Rib
2051633 Aug. 18, 1936 P. H. Bilhuber Diaphragmatic Soundboard and Mounting
2070391 Feb. 9, 1937 P. H. Bilhuber Diaphragmatic Soundboard and Mounting
Des 104302 Apr. 27, 1937 W. Zaiser Upright Case Design
DRP 647554 July 7, 1937 P. H. Bilhuber Duplex Scale
DRP 707489 Aug. 15, 1937 P. H. Bilhuber Return Soundboard
2107659 Feb. 8, 1938 P. H. Bilhuber Grand Return Soundboard
2121008 June 21, 1938 P. H. Bilhuber Loudspeaker Mounting
Des 111101 Aug. 30, 1938 Everett Worthington Piano Design
Geb 1450252 Sept. 23, 1938 Steinway & Sons Hamburg, Germany Touch Weight Regulating Device
2134680 Nov. 1, 1938 Dunbar Beck Grand Top Sound Deflector
Des 113628 Mar. 7, 1939Eric Gugler White House Case
Des 113629 Mar. 7, 1939 Eric Gugler White House Lyre
Des 113630 Mar. 7, 1939 Eric Gugler White House Leg
2338992 Jan. 11, 1944P. H. Bilhuber Operating Means for Piano Actions
2339752 Jan. 25, 1944 P. H. Bilhuber Piano Pin Block
2345025 Mar. 28, 1944 George Beiter Securing Means for Adhesively Held Parts
2384347 Sept. 4, 1945Michael Schutz Cage Nut Tool
Can 430209 Sept. 25, 1945 P. H. Bilhuber High Frequency Molding
Can 431548 Nov. 27, 1945P. H. Bilhuber Apparatus for Edge Gluing Strip Elements
GB 585591 Feb. 12, 1947 P. H. Bilhuber Soundboard
GB 585870 Feb. 12, 1947 P. H. Bilhuber High Frequency Molding
2453185 Nov. 9, 1948P. H. Bilhuber Apparatus for Edge Gluing Strip Elements
2529862 Nov. 14, 1950 P. H. Bilhuber Sounboard
Can 489670 Jan. 13, 1953 P. H. Bilhuber Sounboard
Des 174477 Apr. 12, 1955 Teague & Jerabek Grand Piano
2911874 Nov. 10, 1959Walter Gunther Touch Regulator
1064325 Feb. 4, 1960 Walter Gunther Touch Regulator
3091149 May 25, 1963 Frank Walsh Wrestplank (Hexagrip) 
3240095 Mar. 15, 1966Theo. D. Steinway Permafree Action
3942403 Mar. 9, 1976 Jos. J. Pramberger Bushing for Piano Action
4386455 June 7, 1983 Walter Drasche Permafree Bushing Cloth