100 - When Stella the Steinway Turned 100

Podcast: Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning · Ashley Danyew

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

I named my piano Stella the Steinway. The name came to me one summer night during the pandemic, in a Zoom lesson with Annabelle, a curious, imaginative 8-year-old. I have owned Stella, a 1922 Model O Steinway, for 11 years. Her previous owner was a classical pianist and teacher who crated and moved the piano across the Atlantic when she came to the States. (There’s a cosmetic crack along the flat side of the cabinet and around the tail that we think was from this excursion.) In 2022, I thought of a unique way to celebrate the pi...