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===All-Steinway Schools===

[[File:All-Steinway School - Logo.jpg|thumb|right|The logo of All-Steinway Schools]]

An All-Steinway School is an educational institution in which students perform and are taught on pianos from Steinway only.<ref>[http://www.steinway.com/noteworthy/all_steinway_schools.shtml?PHPSESSID=bb21776ae8137d187253ff14339b5dd0 "All-Steinway Schools"], ''Steinway & Sons Official Website''. Accessed June 23, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.steinway.com/noteworthy/all_steinway_schools_testimonials.shtml "The All-Steinway School: A Commitment to Excellence"], ''Steinway & Sons Official Website''. Accessed January 7, 2010.</ref> The [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]] in Oberlin, Ohio, holds the longest partnership with Steinway.<ref>[http://www.oberlin.edu/con/connews/fall99/steinway.html "Oberlin and Steinway: A 122-Year Partnership"], ''Oberlin Conservatory News'', 1999. Accessed June 1, 2007.</ref> They have used Steinway pianos exclusively since 1877, just 24 years after Steinway was founded. In 2007, they obtained their 200th Steinway piano. Other notable All-Steinway Schools are [[Union College]] in Schenectady, New York, the [[Juilliard School]] in New York City, [[The George Washington University]] in Washington, DC, the [[Yale School of Music]] in New Haven, Connecticut, and the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida.<ref>[http://news.ufl.edu/2009/12/22/steinway "UF School of Music enters new decade as 'All-Steinway School'"], ''University of Florida News'', 2009. Accessed December 25, 2009.</ref> In 2007, the [[Crane School of Music]], at the [[State University of New York at Potsdam]], was added to the All-Steinway Schools roster, receiving 141 pianos in one $3.8 million order. In 2009, the [[University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music]] in Ohio became designated an All-Steinway School, based on a $4.1 million order of 165 new pianos, one of the largest orders Steinway has ever processed.<ref>[http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=9235 "CCM News"] ''College-Conservatory of Music Website''. Accessed November 18, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=10651 "CCM News"] ''College-Conservatory of Music Website''. Accessed September 16, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFclCck8Q3I "CBS Sunday Morning, about University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music becoming an All-Steinway School"]. ''YouTube Website''. Accessed September 30, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/explore/aboutgw/thegwexperience/gwgoesallsteinway "GW Today"] ''GW Goes All Steinway: Largest Gift in Music Department History sets GW apart''. Accessed August 2, 2010.</ref>

There are more than 110 conservatories, universities, colleges and schools around the world where students perform and are taught only on Steinway pianos.<ref>[http://www.steinway.com/noteworthy/all_steinway_schools.shtml "All-Steinway Schools"], ''Steinway & Sons Official Website''. Accessed March 10, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.steinway.com/noteworthy/All_Steinway_School_Roster_02_10.pdf "All-Steinway Schools: Celebrating more than 110 All-Steinway Schools"], ''Steinway & Sons Official Website''. Accessed March 10, 2010.</ref>