Shin, kun san cewa Steinway & Sons, daya daga cikin masu sana'a na Firayim a duniya, har yanzu suna Astoria, Queens ? Kuna iya ci gaba da rangadin kujera na $ 10 inda kamfanin Pianos mai suna Steinway pianos ya gina ta hannun wasu masu sana'a. Wannan hanya ce mai ban sha'awa don ganin yadda ake samun sauti mai kyau na Steinway piano. Har ila yau, yana da ban sha'awa don koyon yadda Steinway iyali ke da alhakin bunkasa fasalin zamani a cikin abin da yake a yau, da kuma bunkasa unguwar Steinway a Astoria.
Astoria ta kasance gidan gidan Steinway & Sons na sana'ar fasaha shekaru da yawa. Ginin yana cikin yankin arewacin Astoria, a wani yanki na masana'antu, a 1 Steinway Place, dake arewacin 19th Avenue.
Steinway & Sons Tarihi
Steinway & Sons an kafa shi ne a 1853 da mai baƙar aikin Jamus da kuma masanin aikin gyaran Henry Engelhard Steinway, a cikin wani ɗakin hawa a kan titin Varick a Manhattan . Ya ƙare ya kafa ma'aikata a kan titin 59th (inda tashar bankin na yanzu yake).
A cikin rabin rabin karni na 19, Steinways ya tura ma'aikata zuwa wurinta a halin yanzu a Queens kuma ya kafa al'umma don ma'aikata da ake kira Steinway Village, wanda yanzu shine Astoria. Steinways kuma ya buɗe ɗakin karatu, wanda daga bisani ya zama wani ɓangare na tsarin kula da 'Yan Siyasa na Queens.
Gudun Factory
Gwanayen ma'aikata suna kusa da sa'o'i uku kuma suna da kyau. Yawon shakatawa na da kyau sosai, kuma a gaskiya, mujallar Forbes ta zabe shi daya daga cikin manyan kayan aiki uku a kasar.
An ba da kyauta ne kawai a ranar 9:30 a ranar Talata daga watan Satumba zuwa Yuni kuma ƙungiyoyi ƙananan ne (16), don haka tabbatar da cewa za ku yi tafiya a gaba ta hanyar kiran 718-721-2600 ko emailing tours@steinway.com. Kasuwanci na da $ 10 kowane kuma duk mahalarta dole ne a kalla shekaru 16. Don ƙarin bayani da jagororin ƙarin ziyara, ziyarci shafin yanar gizon.
Jagoran yawon shakatawa yana farawa ta gaya wa baƙi wani ɗan tarihin kamfanin, da kuma yadda piano ta Steinway ya zama sananne da kuma karba. A tsakiyar shekarun 1850 ne pianos ya zama mafi girma a gidajen koli. A wani lokaci a Birnin New York, akwai kimanin mutane 200. Pianos Steinway ya fara zama shugabancin zaɓin a wannan lokaci, samun karɓuwa da lashe lambobin yabo a Amurka da Turai don inganci da sauti.
Abin da za ku yi tsammani daga Tour
Kullum za ku ga dukkan tsari na ƙirƙirar Piano, daga itace mai goge (goro, pear, spruce), zuwa kowane nau'i (mahogany, rosewood, pommele), zuwa karshe. Rashin itace shine tsoho kuma mai ɗaukar kayan ado yana fitowa ne daga bisani da aka girbe a Afirka, Canada, da kuma sauran wurare.
Ɗaya daga cikin bayanin kula game da katako da aka yi amfani da shi: Steinway & 'Ya'yan suna da damuwa game da samun takardun takarda daidai lokacin da suke karbar wadannan bishiyoyi, kuma kamfanin ba zai dauki itace wanda aka girbe ba bisa doka ba.
Za ku kuma ga daki daya da aka tsara don tsara fasikancin piano, daga maɓallin kansa zuwa ga guduma da dukan ƙananan sassa a tsakanin. Yana iya mamakin ka ga yawanci mata suna haɗuwa da aikin. A bayyane yake, wannan shi ne saboda mata suna da zurfi fiye da maza, sabili da haka za su iya amfani da kananan kayan fasaha masu mahimmanci fiye da sauƙi.
Ƙarƙashin ɗakin yana amfani da lacquers da shellacs wajen kammalawa. Kayan kayan "ebonized" suna da kaya guda shida na lacquer, uku da baki da uku.
Za ku ƙare wannan yawon shakatawa a zane-zane na ma'aikata, inda ziyartar zane-zanen Steinway sun zo kallon pianos kuma suna wasa da kayan kida a ban mamaki.