Trump's Kennedy Center is apparently fencing the Steinways
Movers have been photographed hauling out the Steinways, which AlterNet reports are being sold because the Center is closed. If he can't have the building, apparently nobody gets the pianos. The Kennedy Center has held used Steinway piano sales in the past, so AlterNet reached out to Jenny at Steinway in Washington D.C. to ask if the sale was happening again this year.
- ▪Movers have been photographed hauling out the Steinways, which AlterNet reports are being sold because the Center is closed.
- ▪If he can't have the building, apparently nobody gets the pianos.
- ▪The Kennedy Center has held used Steinway piano sales in the past, so AlterNet reached out to Jenny at Steinway in Washington D.C. to ask if the sale was happening again this year.
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Trump's Kennedy Center is apparently fencing the Steinways Jason Weisberger 11:05 am Fri Oct 2, 2026 Kennedy Center (Matthew Hodgkins/shutterstock.com) The Orange Menace has lost his multiple bids to slap his failure-associated name on a revered institution and has been ordered not to tear it down on a whim, so he is selling off the parts. Movers have been photographed hauling out the Steinways, which AlterNet reports are being sold because the Center is closed. If he can't have the building, apparently nobody gets the pianos. The Kennedy Center has held used Steinway piano sales in the past, so AlterNet reached out to Jenny at Steinway in Washington D.C. to ask if the sale was happening again this year. She explained that it would not, as the Kennedy Center had closed.
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