UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2011

 

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-11911

 

35-1910745

(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

800 South Street, Suite 305, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(781) 894-9770

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 8.01 OTHER ITEMS

 

On June 2, 2011 the Company announced that the previously disclosed sale of the Company’s Class A Common Stock has been completed and its dual class voting structure eliminated.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 2, 2011

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dana D. Messina

 

 

 

 

Name:

Dana D. Messina

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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