Institutional Piano Sales
Our Shared Mission
The Instrument by which all other pianos are judged, and all music departments are graded.
Since 1853, Steinway & Sons has shared an important mission with the world's finest educational institutions. To encourage the pursuit of excellence. To inspire students to stretch their artistic talents and reach their full potential. And to pur at their fingertips a piano that makes this possible. Today, Steinway pianos are the choice of renowned conservatories and universities, including Carnegie-Mellon University, The Julliard School, The Curtis Institute of Music, Indiana University at Bloomington, Manhattan School of Music, The University of Georgia at Athens, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Texas Christian University, Oberlin College Conservatory, and Yale University. Over 100 have achieved the distinction of being "All-Steinway Schools."
And, in an independent survey, piano students and faculty and respected schools across the country named Steinway overwhelmingly as the piano they would most want to own. As you undoubtedly realize, the competition for top students and faculty is an ongoing challenge for educators. In establishing your music department as on highly regarded by both prospective faculty and students, Steinway pianos make an eloquent and persuasive statement: "Here is a school with an unquestioned commitment to excellence."
"If we are in the business of preparing our students to compete at the highest level in the professional world, then don't we have to give them the proper tools, give them the best? We asked that question and when the answer kept coming back an emphatic 'yes' then the only choice was Steinway."
Department Head, Music Department, Carnegie-Mellon University
The Overwhelming Choice of Artists and Faculty
The Steinway Sound. Unequaled on the Concert Stage, and in the Classroom.
For more than 150 years, Steinway pianos have earned the overwhelming praise of the world's greatest pianist. In the words of Horacio Gutierrez, " Steinway's beautiful tone, resonance and color resources make possible the widest range of expression in any repertoire." Steinway has been the choice of immortals including, Hofmann, Horrowitz, Liszt, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Rubinsteinw, and Serkin.
And today, an astonishing 98% of internationally renowned performing artists play Steinway. Including Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Van Cliburn, Harry Connick Jr., Evengy Kissin, Lang Lang, The 5 Browns, James Levine and more that 1,500 other remarkable pianist. Even more telling in the age of product endorsements, is the fact that not one of these artists is paid to play Steinway. Their reward is the unrivaled sound and responsiveness of their Steinway pianos. Each piano offers the same inspiration and performance to your students. The young men and women who aspire to one day become the professional artist and teachers of tomorrow.
* The average grand piano in a school setting will be subjected to 54,000 hours of play. The remakable strength of a Steinway grand piano rim, formed from eighteen layers of hard rock maple, is invaluable.*
Enduring Quality
Life moves faster than it did in 1853. Building a Steinway piano doesn't.
Steinway pianos are built to last for generations, and do. In a year-long process, two hundred artisans handcraft each Steinway to an uncompromising standard. A standard Steinway has continuously raised. Today, more than one hundred patents, and fewer that 1,000 construction features unmistakably identify a Steinway as a Steinway. Only the highest grade woods are selected for their unique characteristics and function. Hard rock maple for the rim and wrest plank. Sitka Spruce for the soundboard. Birch for the legs. Eight different species in all. The patented Diaphragmatic soundboard gently tapers from 8 mm. at the center to 5 mm. at the edge, creating freer, more unified vibration and resounding power. Seven layers of maple set at 45 and 90 degree angles to one another assure that Steinway's Hexagrip pinblock provides longer lasting tuning.
The uncompromising attention to quality and craftmanship creates a sound, touch and longevity unattainable by any other piano. And, it explains Steinway's enduring value and legendary history of financial appreciation: a 25-year-old Steinway grand piano can command a price 4.3 times higher than its original purchase price.
"Steinway & Sons refuses to skimp in the construction of a musical instrument that is as close to perfection as the hand and cunning of man can make it."
"What America Makes Best", Fortune Magazine
Steinway Resources
The Steinway Institutional Ownership Program. Financial limitations no longer limit your standards.
Most educators agree that Steinway pianos are essential to their music programs. We understand educators also have to deal with economic realities. Fortunately, the local Steinway piano dealer, Steinway Hall - Dallas/Fort Worth/Plano, has the resources and programs to make our pianos affordable within even the most stringent capital and operational budgets. The Steinway Five Year Inventory Plan is a logical starting point. This comprehensive free appraisal creates a "blueprint" for the most cost-effective replacement of your current inventory or new piano needs. Armed with this invaluable information, our Institutional Representative can then describe the Steinway Institutional Ownership Program. All Steinway & Sons grand and upright pianos, and the Steinway-designed Boston models may be acquired under this program.
"The tuning stability of the Boston piano is excellent and the tone quality has a long-sustaining characteristic richness that has not diminished. This latter quality has brought many compliments from members of our string and piano faculties"
Music Faculty Professor, University of Southern California
Steinway Heritage
A commitment to excellence can have no compromise.
Like the instruments we build, Steinway & Sons' experience, resources and support will be a valuable ongoing asset to your institution. For example, a representative or committe form you school can visit the Selection Room at the Steinway & Sons Factory to personlly choose the instrument for you institution. To ensure that your pianos are meticulously maintained we can schedule regular training seminars for your piano technicians. And we will gladly share our experience regarding succesful fund-raising programs.
After more than 150 years, the name Steinway remains the standard of excellence for the professional artist, and the finest educational institutions. Steinway pianos will most assuredly enhance the prestige of your music department, and lend unquestionable integrity to your performing arts program. The commitment you make to Steinway pianos will be recognized by your legacy to future generations of faculty and students.
For further information, or assistance in establishing or growin your inventory of Steinway and Steinway-designed pianos, please contact the Steinway Hall - Dallas/Fort Worth/Plano Institutional department at 214-526-1853.
The principles set by founder, Henry E. Steinway in 1853 still guide Steinway & Sons today:
"Build to a Stardard, not a price"
"Make no compromises in quality"
"Strive always to improve"