New Steinway grand pianos of this size and design are well north of $100,000! Dave’s Piano Showroom of Tampa specializes in luxury for less. 

Be sure to ask about adding an iPhone/iPad player system such as Spirio, PianoDisc, QRS, Disklavier. 

If you are considering a new or preowned Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Bechstein, Bluthner, Fazioli, Shigeru, Bluthner, Sauter, Petrof, Schimmel, Boston, Essex or any other quality piano call or message to schedule your visit today! 

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However, unlike a luxury automobile, which only is problem free for 5-10 years, pianos can go problem free for over 50 years, making buying preowned the only logical choice.  Here is another example of wealth evaporation.  In our current collection we have a Steinway model B which would sell for nearly $200,000 brand new. It is now under $50,000 and is flawless!

Be a good steward with your hard earn money and decide to own a preowned piano, particularly when it comes to brands which have steep price tags, such as Steinway and Yamaha. 

A new Spirio system cost in excess of $15,000. Spirio systems can be controlled by an iPad/iPhone. PianoDisc pioneered this tech nearly two decades ago and are the industry leaders!  

Unlike Disklavier, QRS and Spirio you can stream for FREE! 24/7, 365 stream classical, jazz, popular, vintage favorites, musicals, theme, country, sacred, etc.. There is even a Christmas station!  There are NO subscription fees! There are NO commercials. This is a FREE service to PianoDisc owners!

Call, text or email Dave’s Piano Showroom of Tampa Bay to schedule to audition this and countless other new and/or preowned Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Boston or Essex pianos.

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If you are searching for a new or preowned Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai or Boston you will want to visit Dave’s Piano Showroom of Tampa Bay to few his extensive collection of exquisite instruments.

Call, message or email Dave today, to schedule your visit!

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Because Kawai builds the Boston piano, Bostons are naturally quite good!  However, much like a luxury automobile, the value of a Boston piano drops precipitously. 

Case in point: 

The MSRP of a new Boston 5’10” GP-178 grand piano is $37,900 according to PianoBuyer.com. This preowned Boston 5’10” GP-178 is being offered for sale at just $11,500!

At just a 1/3 of its new value and many decades of life remaining in this instrument, why would anyone with any sense at all stroke a check for triple?  

If you are looking for a new or preowned Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Boston, or any other quality piano; visit Dave’s Piano Showroom of Tampa Bay. Be sure to call prior to your visit, as Dave assist each guest personally!

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In 2000, Kawai introduced a hand crafted,  limited production, fewer than 100 per year; Shigeru Kawai. 

New, this limited edition SK-2 grand piano with burlwood accents and custom legs/lyre retails for nearly $100,000. At just $45,000 this is a tremendous opportunity to own a truly exceptional instrument at a fraction of its new cost.  

Shigeru Kawai pianos are directly compared to Steinway, Bechstein, Bluthner, Sauter, Fazioli, Estonia, Steingraeber & Söhne, Grotrian, August Förster, Mason & Hamlin, Petrof, Schimmel and the other world’s leading piano manufacturers. 

If you are searching for a quality new or preowned piano in Tampa Bay, call, text, or email Dave today to schedule your visit. 

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Kawai has built some of the world’s finest pianos since 1927, in Japan. So impressed with Kawai build quality Steinway chose Kawai to head up their Boston piano building project in 1991. To this day Kawai still assist Steinway in manufacturing their Steinway’s Boston line of pianos.

Kawai is well known for their actions, which lead the industry in innovation. Kawai’s ABS Styran actions resistant moisture, and swelling 30 times better than a comparable wooden action! Sticky keys are a result of moisture in a piano action. Using ABS, eliminates expansion and contraction to a point of being problematic.

If we expose a wooden action to 90 to 100% humidity for a short time, it will swell by roughly 5% in size. In contrast, an ABS action will only swell by .16%. Thus, Kawai’s actions are more than 30 times resistant to swelling then comparable wooden parts!

Additionally, under fracture load analysis we find that an ABS flange breaks at 102.5 pounds. A wooden flange breaks at 61.2 pounds. This results in a 50% stronger material used by Kawai.

There are several other industry leading techniques and materials which Kawai uses in the fabrication of their actions. Kawai uses five action brackets, instead of four (Yamaha uses 4). Kawai’s action bracket is an F type rather than an L type, resulting in more rigidity. Kawai uses a carbon composite blackjack, which is 2.5 times stronger than a wooden jack and never requires lubrication. Kawai uses exclude, aluminum rails and an insuliner strip which locks the flange in place. Kawai uses a machine threaded screw with a washer and lock tight washer, rather than a sheet metal screw, with no washers to secure the flange to the action rail. This is just a few points, which makes Kawai king in the realm of actions.

Visit Dave’s Pianos of Tampa Bay to see a side-by-side comparison of the above mentioned differences between Kawai and Yamaha actions.

If you are considering a Kawai GX-3, GX-5, GX-6, GX-7, Yamaha C3, C5, C6, C7, Yamaha C3X, C5X, C6X, C7X, Steinway model M, B, L, O or A, Boston GP-178, GP-193, GP-212 you will want to audition this piano.

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Look at the difference in wood density!  Home remodelers, say that sparks fly when they try to cut into a 2 x 4 from the late 1800s, early 1900s.  Viewing the photo below, you can see precisely why.  

Steinway’s golden age, the period between the turn of the century through the 1950s is considered by most to be the best pianos Steinway has ever produced!  

New, a white Steinway of this size will cost roughly $120,000 and it would not be nearly as good.  This golden age Steinway completely redone is an incredible value at $32,500

If you are searching for a preowned Steinway piano in Tampa Bay, visit Dave’s Piano Showroom, where you will find hundreds of new and pre-owned pianos. Be sure to call, email or text to schedule your visit!

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Additionally, Yamaha won the popularity contest.  Rather than place their pianos with obscure classical concert pianists, which 99% of people do not know; Yamaha placed their pianos in the hands of Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adele, Alicia Keys, and every other pop icon on the planet. 

With the advent of social media, hundreds of millions of eyeballs around the US and billions worldwide have been continuously inundated with images and videos of their favorite pop artist playing on Yamaha pianos, for the last 20 years. 

If you have always wanted a Steinway, but you thought it was out of your price range, Yamaha and Kawai ( the Japanese brands) offering new baby grand pianos from just over $15,000 as compared to Steinway’s entry level price being closer to $80,000, allows for preowned Steinway piano buyers to own a piece of nostalgic Americana, for a fraction of its new cost.  

This preowned model M Steinway & Sons is a perfect example. Own this incredible piece for nearly 80% off its new price tag!  If you are looking for a pre-in Steinway grand piano in Tampa Bay, Clearwater, Saint Pete, Bradenton, and beyond, reach out to Dave today and schedule your visit to one of his convenient Tampa Bay showrooms.

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Materials

Golden Age Steinways took advantage of old growth forest.  Ask any skilled carpenter with old home remodeling experience, about how an early 1900s 2×4 compares with a modern one and you will be shocked by their response. I certainly was.

The carpenter I spoke with, said a nail can barely penetrate the surface of an old growth 2×4. I tried cutting into it with a saw and sparks flew, he said.

Workmanship

Turn of the century America saw the most talented and skilled craftsmen.  Steinway builders fra this era produced pianos at the highest standard ever seen.  The 1900s – 1950s American worker was far superior to the modern American day worker.  This is self-evident in today’s society.  A tradesman or hourly employee who is principled and takes pride in their work is rare these days, but was standard during this period in history. 

Ownership and Design

Steinway & Sons has changed hands many, many times.  Steinway sold to CBS IN 1972, then to Rogers Organs in 1985, again to Selmer in 1995 and then to Paulson & Co. in 2013.  Where to next?  

If this pattern continues Steinway is about due to be sold. Who will be the next to own Steinway?  Will it be to a Chinese company next? 

Your guess is good as mine. 

In the 1962 Steinway released Teflon bushings in their pianos. This practice ended two decades later, in 1982. I will not go into detail here, but I would recommend typing in “Teflon bushings Steinway”into a search engine and reading up on it.  To this day, it is considered by many to be the worst stain on Steinway’s reputation.  

It is easy to see why Golden Age Steinways are so sought after by master piano rebuilders. They are marvelous platforms with which to work.  This LX from 1907 was an absolute labor of love!  My team spent countless hours over nearly 12 months. 

All of the major components i.e. the rim, cast iron plate, soundboard and bridge have been fully restored and maintained!  The action is all new and upgraded to what Steinway uses in their most expensive models built in Hamburg, Germany.  This Renner action is considered to be the best available in the world today and is ultra responsive, with an incredible depth of travel. 

If this piano was sold new today, it would sell for upwards of $200,000. At just $68,000 this is not only a remarkable piano, but a remarkable offering. Call, email, or text to schedule your visit to view this and hundreds more quality new, preowned and fully restored pianos.

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Steinway & Sons pianos are synonymous with iconic brands like Rolex, Rolls-Royce, Tiffany & Co., Gulfstream, Chanel, Hermés, Boston Whaler to name a few. 

Pianists, musicians and lovers of quality all look to adorn their homes with a Steinway grand piano. There are few piano brands which command the same respect and reverence as Steinway and Sons. 

Dave and his team specialize in fully customized, 1 of 1 Steinway pianos.  Dave starts with the best possible platform in which to work, Golden Age Steinways; the period of 1880s – 1950s.  During this period in history, piano makers had access to much older growth wood. The result, a sound so powerful and sustaining, a modern piano could not begin to rival. 

Only your imagination is the limiting factor!  Cabinet finish, veneer selection, hardware finish, plate finish, key top choice, artistic mural integration; absolutely anything is possible in the design and creation of your unique, 1 of 1 Steinway piano. 

Lack imagination or artistic vision? Not a problem. Dave can by request visit your home, get a feel for the space in which the piano will be housed.  Taking into account the color scheme, surrounding materials, art pieces, motif and architecture, Dave will create a digital artistic rendering for you to view. 

A Steinway Grand While You Wait:  

The process takes 12-18 months. While your Steinway is being created you have a choice of a new and/or preowned Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Boston baby grand or grand as a FREE loaner! 

Call, text or email Dave today to discuss your 1 of 1 Steinway project!

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