The Luxurious Instruments of Steinway Pianos

[ligerx45]

1:40 the Tragedy Starts

[craaazycat]

There is nothing really special about Steinway pianos. They are really over-rated. They do sound really good, but they are way overpriced for what they are.

[normgood11]

Good video apart from the silly comment by the interviewer at the end talking smack

[leonelgaleppi]

Does anybody know what song we're hearing in this video and who is playing the piano? Thanks in advance.

[leonelgaleppi]

@leonelgaleppi You can hear it clearly from 0:50 to 1:21. It's amazing.

[CooCurrent]

@leonelgaleppi As far as I can tell, it's actually a loop from Garageband! Don't know if Garageband are using it for their loop library, or if this video is using their loop!

[leonelgaleppi]

@CooCurrent Thanks for the information.

[naffanharrison]

i. want. one.

[SteubenDesign]

What a sensational luxurious combination - Stueben on top of a Steinway.

[DustyLeatherJacket]

For me it's clear that saying "I've got a Steinway" sounds way better than saying "I've got a Yamaha", regardless of quality of music in the end.

[Correctivemind]

Its an expression

[crustylion321]

@dsmithforsheypiano and fazioli beats both of them

[bfeyalcin]

@dsmithforsheypiano Steinways are extremely bright too. The piano with the darkest sound is definitely Bösendorfer.

[kaisi]

Oh that's too much a toxic dream :)

[xFaIIenAngel]

@dsmithforsheypiano simple; yamaha is asian s***. they do everyfuckingthing. low quality always. steinway>yamaha any day of the week.

[cfwpiano]

@xFaIIenAngel You've obviously never played on a Yamaha before.

[xFaIIenAngel]

@cfwpiano but i did. :/

[JohnThePetru]

@xFaIIenAngel Sure, that's why Gould and Richter preferred Yamaha over Steinway, because "steinway>yamaha any day of the week."

[xFaIIenAngel]

@JohnThePetru who are they?

[JohnThePetru]

@xFaIIenAngel you've got to be kidding me :|

If not: Gould is the best interpreter of Bach at the piano and Richter is like the best interpret of whatever he played :D Long story short: extremely good (godly) pianists

[xFaIIenAngel]

@JohnThePetru always hated playing bach, so it's kinda obvious i don't know best interprets.

dunno, maybe heard richter, kinda sounds familiar.

however, smartypants, ever heard of dubravka tomšič? or arthur rubenstein? quite sure they prefer steinways.

[JohnThePetru]

@xFaIIenAngel Gould is the best interpreter of Bach, not Gould and Richter, so not "interpreters".

Lol, you don't know who Gould and Richter are and you still want to look smart?

BTW, I'm not saying Yamaha>Steinway, I'm saying that Steinway>Yamaha is false

[xFaIIenAngel]

@JohnThePetru oh god. sooo im considered a dumbass because i don't know 1 interpret of bach, whom i dislike. and yes, i have heard of richter as i said in my last commet. don't lol on me and get your facts straight. only the preferation matters here. i prefer steinway over yamaha. played on both. for me yamaha is shit, steinway is godly. same for interprets or what ever. head many. some were shit for me, tomsic, rubenstein and some others are gods for me. now stop bitching.

[The13thnoob1]

i love steinway

[The13thnoob1]

song gilbert nothing rhymed/we will with steinway b 1971

[NagN0g]

Got the chance to play a model D in a competition a month ago... Wonderful times ):

[NCONiall]

I want one....

[Powerslider]

When i win the lottery, i will buy one the following day!!!!

What an amazing instrument... :)

[nakedmambo]

@dsmithforsheypiano Bull. Yamaha acquired Bösendorfer, who have been making pianos since 1828 and easily match Steinway models. Cheaper Yamahas may be not as good, but their top range is very good. Steinway are 'one' good piano maker, there are more.

[utubuser10]

some years ago, the programs at the ravinia here in highland , il used to contain a notation that, "yamaha was the official piano of ravinia." curious thing is that i never saw any artist play one; all played on a steinway.

[Chezmat1]

what song is playing in the background?? I hear it everywhere!!

[gasel0]

what's the background music called?

[kriteon]

um 2500 pianos a year is alot...

[TheQuillmaster]

@kriteon that's very little. Yamaha makes about 200,000 per year.

[MsHarryPotterGeek]

@TheQuillmaster but they said they dont skip out on any inequalities.....

[eeeyunn]

song name?

[bobbit1042]

I suppose Liberace and Victor Borge were pretty shit because they didn't play on Steinways.

What a moron of a reporter

[nr1341]

Well fuck. I'm glad my university has Steinways I can practice on, otherwise my major would be shit.

[v4liumfrance]

Stupid reporter

[adrenalinerush45]

Juilliard has steinways in each of its practice rooms and a fazioli in paul hall. Best of both worlds.

[wclmyy]

@dsmithforsheypiano

I agree with you.

Our School has both Steinway and Yamaha pianos. I always love to practice on the Steinway grand piano. That's amazing.

The key of Yamaha is not as fluent as steinway. And the sound is too sharp.

In my opinion, after you played Steinway, you will never like Yamaha any more.

[ryuu304]

One of my goals in life is to get enough money to have a Steinway grand in my living room by the time I'm retired =D

[pkarlton]

Hi,

I have a wonderfully restored Steinway Model L 1929 that will be arriving at our aprtment in Jersey City from CA in a few days. If you are a serious buyer we can negotiate a very good price. The only "non-Steinway" part is the Renner action, which is a superb peice of craftsmanship used on many US and German made Steinways. It's sings like a charm, and the action is miraculous. Why? We need the room an will be buying a STeinway vertical.

Peter

[ryuu304]

@pkarlton sorry, it's gonna be 50 to 60 years until i retire! so right now i'm next to broke =(

[piyamasu]

@pkarlton I would be intrested in your offer. I aldready have a Yamaha SU 118 but I'm thinking to give it to my grandson as a birthday present. So, can you send its photos and videos (to check the sound). Also send your best price. If I get serious about buying it, I will make a trip to Jersey City.

Elizabeth

[piyamasu]

@pkarlton 

[88smypassion2]

@acorntechnique James Levine is quoted as saying " The Steinway built today is the best sounding Steinway I've ever played."

[88smypassion2]

@acorntechnique I nuts about my Steinway. Anyway, how would you know what model, tone, condition and value of the transaction I made.

No I don't excuse you. It's obvious you don't know what your talking about.

[bshelby68]

I played a Steinway in Memphis at Amros Musc, it sound like a million dollars. That piano is worth every penny.

[88smypassion2]

To each is own. I think the word " junk" is way off base and unfair.

[Dooonthegallowgate]

Would love a steinway, Can't afford it though. shit.

[MikePiano83]

Hamburg Steinway made pianos are great, NewYork made is junk...there are lot of quality problems...German made Steinway is more precise.

Mason & Hamlin is the best American made piano.

All piano has an own sound character, Blüthner, Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Steingraeber, Fazioli, Yamaha handmade new CFX is wonderfull....

There are many cool instruments and brands.... Steinway is an universal sound piano to plays any kind of music...... but if you need better clarity :-) this is not your piano.

[88smypassion2]

@MikePiano83

NY Steinways are not junk. They are all different. The NY Steinway makes their action specifically for the piano unlike the Hamburg which uses a renner action like Bechstein and Boesendorfer. As far as clarity, you can voice a piano to be mellow or bright. It is an individual preference. I love Mason and Hamlin but I sold mine to acquire a Steinway.

[MikePiano83]

@88smypassion2

Yes...... same action, only few difference :-) same tubular action frame, but German Steinway using Renner action parts...

Also important.... German Steinway has Kluge Keyboard, NY is not...

Hamburg Steinway more precise than NewYork.... and different scale

Yes completely different :-)

Steinway is an universal piano, and concert standard....... but not the best.

The Mason & Hamlin is the top American piano today.

As a technician I saw lot of great instuments..

[phunkymunkyrulz]

Dont skimp out on any quality? Well yea they check the sound like fifty times, unnessecarily so then the pianos end up costing like way more.

[fugitivebakesale]

if i became totally loaded later in life, a steinway is the first thing i would buy. no contest.

[strcd]

While it can't be argued that Steinways are the supreme brand of piano, they have a light touch and sound that can't be rivaled by any other brand (maybe Petrov but I haven't played on one to know) for someone who is learning to become a great pianist, I feel that Kawai would be a better choice because their keys have more resistance and build strength so that when you do you get on a Steinway it feels beautiful.

[Martel211996]

When he named Horowitz, Rubinstein and Gould, the commentator had no idea who they were, and proceeded to saying "If you want to be a real piano player you need to get a Steinway." I play a Bosendorfor, does that mean Im not a real piano player? Richter once said " I do not care much for a piano. It is the fingers that truly create the music. I do not go through all the tests for finding the "perfect" instrument. That is the piano tuners business, and i trust him for that"

[Chezmat1]

what song is playing in the background of the video?

[Charm874]

@dsmithforsheypiano

I agree.

[vistastructions]

1:36-john rizopoulos showz hiz "russian" side

glenn gould with a "z" at da end of gould

[poopalot]

playing a steinway concert grand is an amazing experience

[Danny15LL]

diana krall!!!!! XD

[jcowboy123]

Yamaha is within reach of most everyone. Unlike a Steinway.I love my Yamaha and I can still afford to eat.

[Rheostatik]

Steinway vs. Yamaha:

Yamahas are reliable, and extremely well built, with the highest quality control imaginable. If something goes wrong, it's usually an easy (and most importantly, cheap) , repair. In general, they sound great.

Steinways are well-built, but the lack of quality control can result in an expensive nightmare if something goes wrong. They do, however, produce arguably the best possible sound from a piano.

Something to consider, if you're buying.

[pyroprince78]

the quality issue has to do with American steinways, right? (vs. the hamburg, which is mysteriously unavailable in the states. wtf? NY steinway co. too scared Hamburg instruments will outsell?)

[Grayfog]

Bosendorfer is the best. I don't like Steinway's sound and I think it's overblown. It's a matter of taste, I think.

[JuyoNi]

my grandma left me a steinway, an there's no way im wasting it so ima start mah piano lessons!!

[bboymango]

lucky lucky

[homerboy488]

Well, I quit. I can't afford a Steinway so I'm not a real piano player. What a douche.

[medu7]

@homerboy488 relax. Consider the source-he's wearing a cotton polo and jeans to interview a Steinway and Sons representative. He's simply endorsing what he's just interviewed.

[gerbilplay4]

@homerboy488 I agree. When I bought my old upright for £600 (I have since gotten a Technics Digital Piano) the man wanted £5000 (yes, five thousand pounds) for a second hand restored upright. For that you could have two nice holidays. For some people, the piano would be better, but just giving a comparison in what you could buy with the money.

[CriterionCoIIection]

lol, you're the douche. and a poor douche at that! and no, you're NOT a real piano player.

[doothless]

I agree that Yamahas sound nothing like a Steinway. My Yamaha was so bright I could not wait to get rid of it. I prefer Baldwins to Yamahas.

[ClassicSteinwayJonas]

Yeah! Baldwin has a soothing tone because of the fabric they glued on the hammer.

[eltonjohntribute]

What people are missing here is the piano's action.

Yamaha's sound great if you want a piano with lots of colour, Steinways have a rounder sound. That is a matter of taste. Yamahas importantly have a very easy, light action (excluding the clavinovas which feel too heavy and sluggish).

The (patented) Steinway action is what makes it the best piano in the world. It is not by listening to it but by playing it that you know this. It feels wonderful to play and responds to your every whim.

[sunset261]

You don't get better for piano than a steinway. Especially for jazz.

[StarlightAU]

I have always let my ears do the deciding and Steinway and Schimmel have always been the top two for me. I also like Baldwin, Mason and Hamlin, and Bosendorfer. All we have are opinions. If you go to Hamamatsu (spell?) Japan two where Kawai is manufactured, the same workers build the Boston piano for Steinway in the same factory and the workers have gone on record saying that the craftsmanship and materials are higher and more stringent on the Boston make than on the Kawai....

[NeilFraudstrong]

If I ever won Powerball or Mega Millions, one of the first things I would do is purchase a Steinway & Sons concert grand. I know the cost is extraordinary, but with the kind of money why NOT buy one?

[AmericanCars101]

I think I'd rather play a shigeru Kawai.

[allsop18923]

That is the most amazing comment ever

[AmericanCars101]

Well for someone who has played kawai pianos all my life i think thats a pretty fair comment.

[Charm874]

@Chezmat1

YOU may have not heard of Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein and Glenn Gould (it is apparent you don't listen to much classical music), but your lack of knowledge in some of the greatest virtuoso pianists in the world does not warrant you to tag them as "artists that MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW".

[bomberchicken]

you are so unbelievably retarded

[StarlightAU]

It's funny how there's always some half-wit who comments on pretty much 'every' Steinway video that the Yamaha is better. To actually be stupid enough to publicly compare the two shows their education and intelligence level. Yamaha copied Steinway's design so closely the instrument itself is a patent infringement. It is difficult to have any respect for a company who's claim to success is a product that was copied from another. Steinway should sue them. lol. :)

[zowen11]

Steinways are great! I've enjoyed every one I've played on. I especially like the 9-foot grand at a concert hall I go to. Wish I had one at home!!!

[z43n6]

i want one!!!!!!!!!!!! can anyone pleae donate one to me???? lolz....i dont care if im being laughed at for saying this but i desperately want one!!!!

[skryabyn]

z43n6, dont we all?

[rvn10rvn17]

you're not the only one..

i don;t care if there is a scratch 10 inches long..

[ThinkUpsideDown]

lol are you serious?

[xXAlfonssoXx]

My friend has one and its beautifull everytime a pianist comes to his house they just drool all over it, amazing works of art.

[Derantikorper]

wow, idiot much?

[titanicpiano14]

Check Out My Tribute to Rhapsody in Blue on the Limited Edition Rhapsody Steinway!!!

[peerliite2905]

i want one so so so much

my dream is to be rich on own one of them :D

[NeilFraudstrong]

One of my dreams is to own a Steinway grand piano, but I don't see that happening unless I win the lottery

[tnmtemerity]

It is kind of irritating when they say they don't pay people to endorse their pianos because Horowitz for example was given EXTRA special treatment and Steinway absorbed huge costs to move his piano and in fact the family gave him a piano as a wedding gift. They also have been notorious for treating artists badly who for whatever reason played on something other than a Steinway - Rubenstein is a good example. It is just a slight stretch of the truth in their implications...

[soosabhr]

i would sooner buy one of those than a house

[StevyWonders1725]

I WANT ONEEEE!! :'(

[jNS278]

me too

[nothingnothing15]

hmm..that thing can barely fit into my room...but still...i would throw everything out if i was offered one...=D

[bjoelfan98]

exactly wat i mean.lol to much money

[XxMatthewReneexX]

it may be alot of money, but you are getting the best quality which means alot... its like a good gibson guitar- you pay alot but its worth it in the end

[bjoelfan98]

great pianos...absolutely amazing but it would be nice if they weren't like 50,000 dollars or more...they are so expensive!

[Chezmat1]

a new full grand steinway is around 90.000$ haha

[KingHarkinian]

i just love the distinctive sound a steinway has compared to other grand pianos, there's just nothing quite like it.

[sgtpepper1138]

something funny about that, I used to install DirecTV and I was doing an install, and I had seen a grand piano in passing, and after awhile I heard it playing, and it just sounded amazing, I thought to myself "that has to be a Steinway", I walk into the room and it IS, it was the nicest sounding piano I have ever heard.

[hellmaniac666]

I have a New York Steinway made in 1872

[AZazaxe]

Awesome, is there any video showing how Steinway and Sons are made in the factory, like on How It's Made?

[jalland]

Check out the documentary "Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037".