Steinway & Sons Pianos
Making the world’s finest pianos for over 165 years!
Since 1853, Steinway pianos have set an uncompromising standard for sound, touch, beauty, and investment value. Handcrafting each Steinway requires up to one full year – creating an instrument of rare quality and global renown. Not surprisingly, Steinway remains the choice of 9 out of 10 concert artists, and countless pianists, composers, and performers around the world. Click here to learn more about Steinway pianos at Schmitt Music.
GRAND PIANOS
Handcrafting each Steinway grand requires up to one full year – creating an instrument of rare quality. For more than a century and a half, the world’s most accomplished pianists have preferred to express their musical genius on Steinway & Sons pianos. The list includes the giants in classical, jazz, and popular music; the men and women who have shaped the world’s musical heritage.
Today, more than 98 percent of the world’s active concert pianists choose to perform on Steinway pianos. The joy of playing and owning a Steinway piano, however, is not the exclusive domain of the virtuosi. Rather, it is a world open to all who share a love of music, fine craftsmanship and enduring quality.
A Steinway grand piano takes nearly a year to create. Nothing is hurried. Even the carefully selected woods that make up the rims, top, soundboards, and actions cure for months in our yard, kilns, and conditioning rooms before they stabilize at a rigidly specified moisture content. The rim of the instruments consists of layers of hard rock maple and with our bell-quality, full cast-iron plate, withstands the enormous amount of tension exerted by the strings. The finest acoustic-quality spruce is fashioned into the delicate curve of the Diaphragmatic® soundboard, which tapers gently from the center to the edge, assuring the full, rich Steinway sound.
UPRIGHT PIANOS
That which distinguishes Steinway pianos, more than all else, is summed up in our dedication to a single ideal: make the finest pianos in the world. It has never entered our minds to compromise quality. Where some have substituted mass-produced, synthetic components to speed production or reduce costs, we apply technologies and new materials only when they provide proven enhancements in the piano. We adhere to these principles for one reason — compromise quality, and you risk the sound, the touch, and ultimately, the integrity of the instrument.
Unlike other manufacturers that mass-produce their uprights, Steinway & Sons uprights are handcrafted in the same factory as our grand pianos, using the same techniques, conditioning processes, and craftsmen. The result is the world’s finest upright, living up to the Steinway & Sons name in every respect. Our upright pianos take advantage of over 125 patented features and processes, including our patented Diaphragmatic® soundboard, Accelerated Action® and Hexagrip® pinblock.
STEINWAY SPIRIO – HIGH RESOLUTION PLAYER PIANO
The new STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO is the world’s finest high resolution player piano. A masterpiece of artistry and engineering in your home, SPIRIO enables you to enjoy performances captured by great pianists – played with such nuance, power and passion that it is utterly indistinguishable from a live performance. Click here to learn more about Steinway Spirio.
LIMITED EDITION PIANOS
Custom built at our Steinway & Sons New York and Hamburg factories, the Limited Edition Collection includes the “Imagine” Series John Lennon Steinway, “Arabesque” Series Steinway, and more.
SPECIAL COLLECTION PIANOS
A piano as unique as you are. Your Steinway can be the perfect expression of you. Whether that means a more subtle change such as the all silver hardware of the Sterling Steinway, or a more eye-catching statement such as a Red Pops Steinway, we invite you to find a Special Collections Steinway piano that best suits your home and your style.
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