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Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. Events in each plan are not in correct chronological order. For each plan, select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. Since its establishment over 150 years ago, Steinway & Sons has become known for making some of the world's most innovative and highest quality pianos.
____ Today, the Steinway company still dominates the piano industry, crafting about 5,000 pianos a year for appreciative musicians all over the world.
____ Instrument maker Henry Steinway established his business in Germany but then moved to America in 1850, bringing with him his vision of building a piano better and stronger than any made before.
____ In 1854, Henry and his sons embarked upon a forty-year period of revolutionizing and perfecting the modern piano, patenting 114 innovations in the process.
____ Henry Steinway Jr. was awarded in 1859 the patent for the overstrung scale, a significant development that helped the grand piano rise to the demands of leading composers such as Chopin and Liszt.


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