In 1984, Steinway & Sons began a project to reduce the many long-standing differences between the models, materials,and manufacturing processes used at its factories in New York and Hamburg,Germany. The goal was to make the instruments produced by the two factories more alike by adopting the best practices from each factory, at the same time making small, incremental changes to improve the quality of all Steinway pianos. Read the article below by Sally Phillips from the Pianobuyer.com for all the details!