April 27, 1891

The Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Steinway & Sons register the Steinway & Sons grand piano model B, desined by Henry L. Ziegler, and featuring, for the first time in history, the 7 1/3 octave keyboard (instead of traditional 7-octave piano) by adding three extra treble notes, thereby giving the piano keyboard the 88 keys it has today.