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Just About Perfect: the Dichotomy of Steinway Piano Design

Most of the day Walter libero crouches down and peers into darkness. in his left hand he holds a mirror aimed into a piano’s dimly lit underside. His right hand splays over the keys, plunking one in a questioning way. … Read →

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Steinway Model O the Baby Grand of Baby Grands

Steinway stopped production of the Model O in 1924, replacing it with the Model L (the L is 1/4″ shorter and 1/4″ wider). The Model O remained out of production for more than 80 years until it was brought back … Read →

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Steinway Model O – Dimensions

Dimensions Height 42 1/2″ (102 cm) Length 5′ 10 3/4″ (180 cm) Width 57 3/4″ (146.5 cm) Depth Net Weight 616 lbs (280 kg) Encasement Furniture Ebonized, Mahagony, Walnut and special custom order. Panel Stock Quarter-sawn poplar corewood crossbanded and … Read →

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Steinway Model O – Technical Specifications Info

Rim Made entirely from hard rock maple and mahogany; laminations; continuous bent, both inner & outer form one single rim; unequaled strength and stability. Braces 4 solid spruce; spruce provides tensile strength with less weight. Maple dowels fasten braces to … Read →

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Steinway Model O – Overview

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 … Read →

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Steinway Model B – Dimensions

Dimensions Height Length 6′ 11″ (211 cm) Width 58″ (148 cm) Depth Net Weight 760 pounds (345 kg) Encasement Furniture Ebonized or Crown Jewel Collection veneer. Panel Stock Quarter-sawn poplar corewood crossbanded and face veneered. Solids Ebonized birch, Mahogany, Walnut … Read →

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Steinway Model B – Technical Specifications and Info

Rim Made entirely from hard rock maple; 16 laminations; continuous bent, both inner & outer form one single rim; unequaled strength & stability. Thickness: 2 3/4″ (6.99 cm) Braces 4 solid spruce with a volume of 2,265 cu. in. (37,117cm3); … Read →

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Steinway Model B – Overview

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 … Read →

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Conception of the Steinway Model D Concert Grand

In 1880, Steinway began producing their small Model A with a laminated maple cabinet, creating the modern “rim” case: Very long, thin (3.5 mm) planks of maple were slathered with hide glue, bent around a form, clamped together and allowed … Read →

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Steinway’s Custom Work

Steinway’s manufacturing methods are careful and traditional, but they are not primitive. In the rim-bending room, where a century ago the use of hot animal glue required that grand- piano rims remain locked in their presses for the better part … Read →

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