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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Form&nbsp;S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>35-1910745</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>800 South Street, Suite 305<BR>
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>
(781)&nbsp;894-9770<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including<BR>
Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Mr.&nbsp;Dennis Hanson<BR>
Steinway Musical Instruments,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
800 South Street, Suite 305<BR>
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(781)&nbsp;894-9770<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copy to:  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Neil Wertlieb, Esq.<BR>
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY&nbsp;&amp; McCLOY<BR>
601 South Figueroa Street<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90017<BR>
(213)&nbsp;892-4000  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
Offering price per<BR>
Share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate offering<BR>
price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>Ordinary Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>721,750</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$19.61</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$14,153,517</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,302.12</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>There
are also registered hereby such indeterminate number of shares of Ordinary Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Ordinary Common Stock"), of the Registrant as may become
issuable by reason of operation of the anti-dilution provisions of the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Plan (the "Amended and Restated Stock Plan") described herein.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price
are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and are based on the average of the high and low prices per share of Ordinary Common Stock trading on the New York Stock Exchange
on July&nbsp;22, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Explanatory Note    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed to register additional shares of Common Stock for the Steinway Musical Instruments,&nbsp;Inc. Amended and Restated
1996 Stock Plan, formerly known as the Steinway Musical Instruments,&nbsp;Inc. 1996 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the Registrant hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of its Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-11465) filed on September&nbsp;4, 1996 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  <BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant will, upon written or oral request, provide without charge to any person to whom a copy of any and all of the information which has been
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as well as other documents required by Rule&nbsp;428(b) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act. Such requests should be directed to the
Chief Financial Officer, Steinway Musical Instruments,&nbsp;Inc., 800 South Street, Suite 305, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02453 (Telephone: (781)&nbsp;894-9770). </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this filing, Dennis M. Hanson, the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Steinway Musical Instruments,&nbsp;Inc. beneficially
owned shares of the Registrant's common stock. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Dennis M. Hanson, General Counsel.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereof).</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>2</FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los
Angeles, State of California on this 29<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DANA D. MESSINA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dana D. Messina<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kyle R. Kirkland, Dana D. Messina, and Dennis M. Hanson
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the Registrant hereby confers
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 29<SUP>th</SUP>
day of July, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DANA D. MESSINA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dana D. Messina</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DENNIS M. HANSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dennis M. Hanson</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL R. VICKREY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael R. Vickrey</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KYLE R. KIRKLAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kyle R. Kirkland</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS BURZYCKI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas Burzycki</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRUCE STEVENS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bruce Stevens</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>A. CLINTON ALLEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> A. Clinton Allen</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RUDOLPH K. KLUIBER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Rudolph K. Kluiber</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PETER MCMILLAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Peter McMillian</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBIT INDEX    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Dennis M. Hanson, General Counsel.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1862_2">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1862_3">Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1862_4">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1862_6">Item 8. Exhibits.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
35-1910745
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
800 South Street, Suite 305
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(781) 894-9770
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including
Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mr. Dennis Hanson
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
800 South Street, Suite 305
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(781) 894-9770
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Neil Wertlieb, Esq.
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY
601 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 892-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum
Offering price per
Share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
Amount of
registration
fee
Ordinary Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
721,750
$19.61
$14,153,517
$1,302.12
(1)
There
are also registered hereby such indeterminate number of shares of Ordinary Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Ordinary Common Stock"), of the Registrant as may become
issuable by reason of operation of the anti-dilution provisions of the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Plan (the "Amended and Restated Stock Plan") described herein.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price
are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and are based on the average of the high and low prices per share of Ordinary Common Stock trading on the New York Stock Exchange
on July 22, 2002.
Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement is being filed to register additional shares of Common Stock for the Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. Amended and Restated
1996 Stock Plan, formerly known as the Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. 1996 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-11465) filed on September 4, 1996 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 2.    Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The Registrant will, upon written or oral request, provide without charge to any person to whom a copy of any and all of the information which has been
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as well as other documents required by Rule 428(b) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act. Such requests should be directed to the
Chief Financial Officer, Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., 800 South Street, Suite 305, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02453 (Telephone: (781) 894-9770).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
As of the date of this filing, Dennis M. Hanson, the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. beneficially
owned shares of the Registrant's common stock.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Dennis M. Hanson, General Counsel.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereof).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los
Angeles, State of California on this 29
th
day of July, 2002.
STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
By:
/s/
DANA D. MESSINA
Dana D. Messina
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kyle R. Kirkland, Dana D. Messina, and Dennis M. Hanson
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the Registrant hereby confers
like authority on its behalf.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 29
th
day of July, 2002.
Signature
Title
/s/
DANA D. MESSINA
Dana D. Messina
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
DENNIS M. HANSON
Dennis M. Hanson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
MICHAEL R. VICKREY
Michael R. Vickrey
Executive Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
KYLE R. KIRKLAND
Kyle R. Kirkland
Director
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/s/
THOMAS BURZYCKI
Thomas Burzycki
Director
/s/
BRUCE STEVENS
Bruce Stevens
Director
/s/
A. CLINTON ALLEN
A. Clinton Allen
Director
/s/
RUDOLPH K. KLUIBER
Rudolph K. Kluiber
Director
/s/
PETER MCMILLAN
Peter McMillian
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Dennis M. Hanson, General Counsel.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereof).
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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