Steinway Piano Series, all by James Barron (9 articles) http://www.nytimes.com/ref/nyregion/PIANO_INDEX.html [Click on this URL to get the slide shows. Thanks to Sarah for these.] How Does a Piano Get to Carnegie Hall? http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/nyregion/11PIAN.html May 11, 2003 T he contest was between a giant sandwich of wood 18 strips of maple, each about half as long