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Steinert hall remains an acoustic mystery to many bostonians
Steinert Hall (est.1896) of Boston, Massachusetts, stands at no.162 Boylston Street on what was called Boston's "piano row", opposite the Common in the Boston Theater District.
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- Steinert hall remains an acoustic mystery to many bostonians
- Steinert hall
- Underground performance auditorium
- References
Piano dealers M. Steinert & Sons own the building, erected in 1896 by company employee Alexander Steinert. Architects Winslow and Wetherell designed the "six-story limestone and brick Beaux Arts-style facade with terra-cotta ornament and a copper cornice."
Steinert hall
Underground performance auditorium
Inside the building and four stories below ground is a concert auditorium, now closed, designed in the "Adam-style ... with fluted Corinthian pilasters separating round arches." Around 1911 some considered Steinert Hall the "headquarters for the musical and artistic world of cultured Boston. Lhévinne, Josef Hofmann, Harold Bauer, Fritz Kreisler and many others have made their bows from its platform."
The concert auditorium, now in ill-repair, has not been used since it was closed in 1942 due to fire code restrictions and prohibitive cost to upgrade the hall.
In May 2015, it was announced that the hall would be renovated in an attempt to open it again for performances.
