Like-New Steinway & Sons model B Grand Piano - gold plate With QRS player system
This Steinway arrived at our store from a family that purchased the piano from us new. Like most newly purchased Steinways, the piano was impeccably maintained with a regular maintenance schedule and kept in a proper environment. These particular buyers at the time, were drawn to the sound of this exact Steinway. With only one player, the family decided to purchase a player system as an add on so that they could hear the piano being performed on by the world’s best pianists and great artists, with the touch of an iPad!
Since the player system does not affect the sound or touch of the piano, and since there is virtually no way of knowing that there is a system incorporated into the piano until you take a peek underneath the piano. It is a wonderful example of a very lightly used Steinway model B - with the added benefit of a player system, to hear artists like Elton John, Rachmaninoff, the Beatles and more, come alive on this instrument.
This Steinway arrived at our store from a family that purchased the piano from us new. Like most newly purchased Steinways, the piano was impeccably maintained with a regular maintenance schedule and kept in a proper environment. These particular buyers at the time, were drawn to the sound of this exact Steinway. With only one player, the family decided to purchase a player system as an add on so that they could hear the piano being performed on by the world’s best pianists and great artists, with the touch of an iPad!
Since the player system does not affect the sound or touch of the piano, and since there is virtually no way of knowing that there is a system incorporated into the piano until you take a peek underneath the piano. It is a wonderful example of a very lightly used Steinway model B - with the added benefit of a player system, to hear artists like Elton John, Rachmaninoff, the Beatles and more, come alive on this instrument.
This Steinway arrived at our store from a family that purchased the piano from us new. Like most newly purchased Steinways, the piano was impeccably maintained with a regular maintenance schedule and kept in a proper environment. These particular buyers at the time, were drawn to the sound of this exact Steinway. With only one player, the family decided to purchase a player system as an add on so that they could hear the piano being performed on by the world’s best pianists and great artists, with the touch of an iPad!
Since the player system does not affect the sound or touch of the piano, and since there is virtually no way of knowing that there is a system incorporated into the piano until you take a peek underneath the piano. It is a wonderful example of a very lightly used Steinway model B - with the added benefit of a player system, to hear artists like Elton John, Rachmaninoff, the Beatles and more, come alive on this instrument.
DIMENSIONS
Length: 6' 11" (211cm)
Width: 58" (148 cm)
Net Weight: 802 lbs (364 kg)
BRACES
4 solid spruce braces with a volume of 1,995 cu. in. (32,686 cm)); Spruce provides tensile strength with less weight. Maple dowels fasten braces to rim producing a single homogenous foundation upon which is built the entire tonal component. A cast iron treble bell, affixed to rim's underside at treble bend, holds plate firmly in position by means of a steel bolt.
The STEINWAY & SONS iron wedge anchors brace ends securely to crossblock assuring permanent rim posture.
SCALE
Overstrung; combination agraffe; Front AND rear duplex.
Tension: 39,047 lbs. (17,571 kg)
RIBS
Made from durable, resinous sugar pine to assure strong and constant support of string down-bearing on the soundboard; rib ends are hand-fitted.
TUNING PINS
Premium blued steel; rust-resistant, nickeled heads
STRINGS
Treble: twelve whole & one-half sizes from high-
tensile Swedish steel.
Bass: Swedish steel core wire wound with pure copper.
Longest: Agraffe/bridge: 59¼" (151 cm)
HAMMERS
Premium wool top felt and under felt; treated to resist insects and moisture. Compression-wired to maintain permanent shape. Hornbeam hammer moldings and shanks.
DAMPERS
Horizontal-cut premium wool for effective dampening with maple heads for endurance.
KEYS
European spruce, individually weighed-off. Chip-proof, stain-resistant coverings for naturals; slip-proof, adbraded ebonized sharps. Durable Linden wood buttons reinforce keys over balance rail, permitting maximum tonal power with every strike.
Longest key: 21" (53.3 cm).
KEYBED
Made from planks of quarter-sawn spruce. Horizonal and vertical birch planks present a vented system for humidity escapement. Crowned and reverse-crowned action frame gives a snug fit, intensifies key movement and prevents "slapping" during heavy playing. Large maple dowel ends provide a solid mount for adjustable brass touch-regulating screws. Thickness: 1¾" (4.45 cm).
PEDALS
Heavy. solid brass. Soft. sustaining, and full sostenuto.
