In 1881 Richard Wagner commissioned the company to build the so-called Grail Bell Piano, which is used in the temple scenes of Parsifal.

In the first years after World War II, the company produced furniture and radio cases, employing 38 people and running at 40% capacity.

The continuous production of grand pianos was interrupted from 1940 onwards and was resumed in 1972 under the management of Heinrich and Magdalene Schmidt.

[11] In addition, exhibits from the history of the brand are displayed in the instrument museum and an insight into the work of the piano makers is provided.

Since 1988, this has included the Zeit für neue Musik (Time for New Music) festival, which was created in collaboration with the composer and pianist Helmut Bieler.

[13] As part of the Bayreuth Piano Festival initiated and hosted by Steingraeber, renowned artists such as Fazil Say, Edith Fischer, Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Cyprien Katsaris, Daniil Olegovich Trifonov, and Elisabeth Leonskaja have performed at events in the Margravial Opera House, the Stadthalle Bayreuth, and in its own concert halls.

[14][15][16][17] Steingraeber grand and upright pianos are featured in concert halls around the world, including the Berliner Philharmonie, Malmö Opera, and La Scala in Milan.

[18] Since 1982, Wagner adaptations by Uwe Hoppe and the Studiobühne Bayreuth have been performed in the inner courtyard and rococo garden of the Steingraeber Haus.

Steingraeber even treats the surfaces of the piano case with shellac and wax instead of polyester and synthetic resin varnishes.

[22] Steingraeber was the official instrument partner for the film The Magic Flute produced by Roland Emmerich in 2022.

[24] In connection with the continuation of the company by the seventh generation, Fanny and Alban Steingraeber, the brand logo was changed and the "& Söhne" was deleted.

For this purpose, Steingraeber offers the possibility of having a version called the Mozart Rail built into the instrument, as a knee or hand lever.

[27] In 2017 Steingraeber presented for the first time the grand piano model with transducers, which was created in cooperation with Robert HP Platz and the Experimental Studio of the SWR.

The purpose of such a construction is to increase the stability of the tuning of instruments that are exposed to extreme climatic fluctuations, such as grand pianos that are located in the tropics or played at open-air concerts.

Steingraeber has developed an alternative way of guiding the strings over the bridge for the Phönix model, based on considerations that had already been implemented on a trial basis earlier.

For the time being, these special features are not included as standard in grand piano production, but can be ordered as an option at extra cost.

At Steingraeber, a ball bearing is available as an alternative to the normal, leathered hammer roller of the grand piano action.

In addition to the selection from various types of wood and furniture shapes, this extends to artistic and visionary design creations.