100% Steinway • 100% guaranteed
Pre-owned, vintage, and restored Steinway pianos are prized for their unique beauty and enduring value. However, for years, non-Steinway dealers and unauthorized piano rebuilders have created a great deal of confusion in the piano industry. Many piano rebuilders use inferior non-Steinway parts, seriously compromising an instrument’s performance and investment value. Buying a pre-owned piano directly from Steinway ensures that you have an instrument of the highest quality backed by the original builders.
Direct from the New York Factory
Now available direct from Steinway & Sons — buying a pre-owned piano has never been easier. Get peace of mind from knowing your used Steinway is a true Steinway.
100% Steinway • 100% guaranteed
Pre-owned, vintage, and restored Steinway pianos are prized for their unique beauty and enduring value. However, for years, non-Steinway dealers and unauthorized piano rebuilders have created a great deal of confusion in the piano industry. Many piano rebuilders use inferior non-Steinway parts, seriously compromising an instrument’s performance and investment value. Buying a pre-owned piano directly from Steinway ensures that you have an instrument of the highest quality backed by the original builders.
Direct from the New York Factory
Now available direct from Steinway & Sons — buying a pre-owned piano has never been easier. Get peace of mind from knowing your used Steinway is a true Steinway.
Pre-Owned
Steinway Pre-Owned pianos have wonderful musical and aesthetic character, making them an excellent value for a discerning buyer. Before being approved for addition to our inventory, every pre-owned piano is inspected by Steinway to ensure that it has been properly maintained and cared for. Thus, these pianos will last for many decades and provide musical enjoyment for generations to come. Steinway Pre-Owned pianos come with a 90-day limited warranty.
CPO Steinway Pianos
Certified Pre-Owned Steinway instruments are 30 years old or younger and undergo a rigorous 74-point quality assessment to ensure authenticity, condition, and performance. Any repair or replacement to a CPO Steinway instrument is done with 100% genuine Steinway parts. All CPO Steinway instruments come with a Certified Pre-Owned Steinway warranty certificate. Certified Pre-Owned Steinway instruments come with a three-year limited warranty.
The Heirloom Collection
The Steinway Heirloom Collection was created to distinguish the finest vintage Steinways in the world. Every Heirloom is fully rebuilt, Steinway Factory-restored, and refinished to look and play like new. Steinway Heirlooms are handcrafted works of art, expressing the unique design elements and personalities of the historic eras in which they were created. 100% certified, each Heirloom comes with a five-year limited warranty.
Models, Finishes & Veneers
From our flagship Model D to the petite Model S, our pre-owned inventory includes a range of sizes and finishes that will suit every home. Made from the finest woods — below is a sample of common finishes found on these majestic instruments.
If it doesn’t have genuine Steinway parts, it isn’t a Steinway.
“Strive always to improve the instrument.”
–Henry E. Steinway
a legacy of Innovation
The very first Steinway & Sons patent was granted in 1857, and the company has been granted more than 125 additional patents since, positioning the Steinway as the piano by which all others are judged.
August 18, 1936 • Patent #2051633
The soundboard lies at the heart of a Steinway grand or upright. The current production of the Steinway & Sons soundboard is based on a 1936 patent to achieve optimum performance in dynamic range, and maximum sustain. Under this patent, the soundboard is gradually tapered from the center to the edge, permitting freedom of movement and creating a sound of unparalleled richness, sonority, and sustain.
Steinway sells their soundboards to no one, since the skill, expertise and machinery necessary to replace a soundboard is only available at the Steinway factory. So if a used Steinway was restored somewhere other than the Steinway Restoration Center, it may still have the Steinway & Sons trademark logo on it, but if it doesn’t have a genuine Steinway soundboard, it has lost the internal magic that makes it a Steinway.
May 28, 1963 • Patent #3091149
Due to the unique design of the Steinway pinblock all Steinways hold their tuning longer. The secret lies in the grain of the wood. The grain of each layer is positioned at 45 degrees to the grain in the next layer. As a result, the tuning pins are exposed on all sides to the tenacious grip of the maple’s end grain. The tighter the grip on the tuning pins, the longer the piano stays in tune.
