Obviously number 1 is going to give you the most reliable instrument without any problems, but it’ll also be the most expensive. Third-party reconditioned a piano that has been sold to a dealer or a piano workshop that has been refurbished by someone other than Steinway with either genuine or non-genuine Steinway parts.Factory reconditioned a piano that has been bought back from its owner by Steinway themselves and refurbished by Steinway with genuine Steinway parts.There are many Steinway pianos available on the used market that are advertised as “reconditioned.” However, there are two different types of reconditioned Steinway: However, there are many reasons why it may not be, and why you might want to be careful when looking at the used market. Now, we’ve spoken about why buying a used Steinway can be a good investment. If you can get a Steinway that was built a few years ago for a significant discount over a new one, it might be worth doing. As a result, there’s no real difference in terms of longevity between a Steinway that was built yesterday and say, one that was built in 2015. As long as you look after your Steinway, and it was built within the last few years, it will likely outlive you without needing major restoration work. They aren’t like cars, where the working life is around a maximum of twenty years. The other thing to realise is that these pianos are built to last.
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The point I’m trying to make here is that if you buy a new Steinway, you may have to wait two or three years before the sound it generates reaches its full potential a two or three year old used Steinway may already be producing sound to its full potential and may be a better buy. This period of time can be very long up to two or three years. This is because sometimes it takes a piano a long time to acclimatise to a home environment, and after a while you may notice that you get a better quality of sound from your piano, or the piano begins to “open up,” so to speak.
There is a theory that buying a used piano can actually be better than buying a new one. Steinway pianos are so revered by pianists that they actually appreciate in value. Sometimes, as long as it’s been looked after, it’s very possible to actually sell an older Steinway piano for more than what was paid for it. Steinway pianos keep their value exceptionally well. This is because they’re sold by third party dealers and individuals who aren’t subject to Steinway’s whims.
Unlike new Steinways, it’s actually very easy to find pricing for used Steinways. However, Hamburg manufactures the model C, which is a 7ft 5in long concert grand, which at the time of writing is not produced in New York. Always ask your dealer if it’s a genuine Steinway it should have documentation indicating where and when it was built.īoth factories produce the same models to the same specification. Unfortunately I have no idea what’s available in other parts of the world. However, it’s worth mentioning that if you’re in the US, Canada or Mexico, you will overwhelmingly find New York Steinways available for sale, and if you’re in Europe, you will overwhelmingly find Hamburg Steinways available for sale. I’ve never played a New York Steinway, being based in Europe, so I don’t actually know whether the differences are as pronounced as people claim they are.
Both factories make extremely high quality pianos, and the manufacturing methods are essentially exactly the same, but pianists claim that there are differences between pianos made in the two locations. One is in Queens, New York, and the other is in Hamburg, Germany. Steinway has two factories where they make pianos.
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