100% Steinway • 100% guaranteed
Certified Pre-Owned and Certified 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.
CERTIFIED RESTORED STEINWAY
CERTIFIED RESTORED STEINWAY pianos undergo a complete restoration process using only genuine Steinway parts and materials, including an installation of a Steinway patented brand-new Diaphragmatic soundboard. At our dedicated Steinway Restoration Center, expert craftspeople trained by the Steinway & Sons Factory meticulously work on these pianos to ensure they meet our stringent quality standards. These exceptional pianos are masterpieces both inside and out, offering performers an unparalleled playing experience. CERTIFIED RESTORED STEINWAY pianos include a three-year limited warranty and a certificate of authenticity.
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED Steinway Pianos
Certified Pre-Owned Steinway pianos 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 Certified Pre-Owned Steinway piano is done with 100% genuine Steinway parts. All Certified Pre-Owned Steinways come with a Certified Pre-Owned Steinway warranty certificate. Certified Pre-Owned Steinway instruments come with a three-year limited warranty and a certificate of authenticity.
“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.
