Steinway & Sons has long defined excellence in piano craftsmanship. With the creation of Spirio, the world’s most advanced high-resolution player piano system, Steinway brings together over 170 years of tradition with modern technology—offering a way to experience live piano performances with breathtaking realism, right in your own living room. Unlike traditional player pianos, Spirio… Read more »
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Setting the Record Straight – Boston and Essex Pianos
In recent years, a number of blogs and opinion pieces have circulated online casting doubt on the legitimacy of Boston and Essex pianos and their connection to Steinway & Sons. While it’s perfectly reasonable for consumers to research and ask tough questions, some of these sources have spread confusion by presenting misleading claims or omitting… Read more »
Disklavier Radio vs Cloud Player Streamer
Making a player piano work like Spotify instead of a steam engine. As the popularity of music streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music has grown, how we listen to music has changed. While these services don’t offer player piano music, some player piano makers want to offer the same experience. In… Read more »
Celviano GP510 Hybrid Grand Piano: The Clavinova Killer
Priced lower than Yamaha’s AvantGrand and styled better than the Clavinova series, Casio raises the bar in performance. When we first discovered the Celviano series of pianos more than twenty years ago, we were a bit surprised. Long known as a reliable builder of electronics (The Casio calculator I received as a high school graduation… Read more »
How does this client feel… forty years after the sale?
Decades later, a customer reaches out to share what their piano, and the experience buying it, meant to their family. This past July, I woke one Sunday morning to find a text from my son’s future father-in-law, Bill. “Do you know a Zeb Billings?” “I did. He was my grandfather,” I replied. As we went… Read more »
Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Partnership
We are pleased to partner with the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples on a number of fronts, including providing a piano for use at the new Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. In the spirit of community outreach, we will display a different piano from time to time in their lobby. The piano will also be… Read more »
What’s Scarier Than a FrankenSteinway?
Fake Steinway pianos are nothing new, but the advent of the Internet has made it easier for all kinds of fraudsters – including those willing to slap a Steinway & Sons logo on a cheap piano. Today, the Internet is the ideal hunting ground for alleged rebuilders selling Frankensteinways and Stein-Was’ to unsuspecting customers. Steinway… Read more »
The Top Rated Beginner Pianos – Upright Style
When beginners start shopping for pianos, they quickly discover that used piano prices are about the same as a good new piano from a reputable piano store. This is especially true once moving, tuning, and repair costs are factored in. The most common requests we get from people shopping for a beginner’s piano are: a durable piano one that… Read more »
The World’s First Voice Controlled Player Piano
I love technology. You may have heard of her. She’s the voice that can make life so much easier. When I tell her “good morning,” she tells me a fun fact about the day. When I ask her “how’s the weather?” she replies with a straightforward and repetitive Florida-eqsue forecast. “It’s currently 72 degrees with… Read more »
Piano Moving is Heavy Business
Customer: How do I move my piano from my house up north to my new condo down here in Florida? Me: We can help you with that! We will coordinate with our network of professional piano movers and get back to you with the details. Customer: Well, the furniture movers will already be at the house, can’t… Read more »