1968 Steinway Model B in ORIGINAL condition
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Ben shows his latest addition to his showroom - a 1968 Steinway Model B with a heart of gold - telling about its history then demonstrating with some Beethoven and Chopin.
This piano has all its original parts and is therefore being sold for just $37,500. If any upgrades are desired that can be discussed.
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Sounds absolutely fantastic- the tone is so well rounded and vibrant. Beautiful work, as always my friend!
What an incredible sounding piano, it’s amazing that those are the original hammers! Brilliant work on both the piano prep and playing, as seems to be your norm.
I guess it’s possible someone replaced the original hammers with a new set of Steinway hammers at some point. But the shanks are teflon and so I’ve been working with the notion that they are the original hammers, just respectfully played all these years. Plenty of felt left.
I have a buddy who looked for years to find his current B (which he bought new), as he was seeking a certain quality of sound. He said this one has the same thing in the sound that he was looking for. It’ll make someone very happy, I think.
Still can't beat the tone of my Collard and Collard 1902 5ft 2in grand....an exceptional piano and sound.
Sounds like a piano we need to hear! Do you have a link to a recording?
Both the inherent (built) voice and the factory voicing are truly rare and wonderful. How even, sparkling, and round it is!
That’s well put. This piano has something rare and special about it, not just at the level of voicing but deep-down at its belly.
@@insidepianos Yes. And perhaps we have the belly-man @ Queens factory to thank ! ! !
EXCELLENT! WHAT WOULD BE THE PRICE RANGE OF THIS PIANO IF FOR SALE?
This piano absolutely IS for sale. You can refer to the show notes for the price and please reach out if you’d like to discuss this further. It really is a gem!
Shame it’s not in australia, it would suit our climate and I would be interested (and we are the same age …)
That is a shame! Seems like a good vintage. ;-)
Besides being a great piano your piano skills are excellent. Your piano skills may well exceed your piano technicians skills. I'm sure there are many who envy both your skills as a pianist and technician. Great job. By the way you are woking on a Baldwin F if I'm correct. That person had looked at my Baldwin F but decided to keep looking - then you found him one. Would love to hear it when its done.
Thanks so much, Don! I do think of myself as a pianist first, technician second. I feel my content will start to reflect that in the near future.
You are correct that I found an F in my local market for that client. He liked yours quite a bit but valued the fact that I could check this other one out in person. I’ll definitely produce a video on that one.
So it's got Teflon inside, right?
That’s correct. Although the Las Vegas climate was kind to that feature as well, in an ideal world those parts would be replaced. I’ve priced the piano to account for those improvements being made, either by me prior to receiving the piano or later down the road as needed/desired.
That is the question I had. Maybe the dry Vegas climate is why there wasn’t an issue. But my guess is that the humid mid-Atlantic will have the last laugh on that topic. It would make an interesting video though. Either converting from teflon or something else entirely.
Then again. That’s probably very much one of those “while you’re in there” type of jobs that would probably add another $15000 of labor. So maybe it’s fine like it is.
@@EP-336you’re right that a Teflon action would be vulnerable in a mid-Atlantic climate. For a buyer planning on giving this piano a lot of play I would definitely suggest at least replacing the hammer shanks and flanges with cloth bushings (or WNG), as that is the most stressed action center-about 5K, but worth it IMO.
At our shop, 15K is about right for a total action rebuild but that figure would include parts as well and would include the back action (damper action) too. That would totally de-Teflon the piano. On this piano I’ve already done some of the items included in such a service-rebushed keys, new key end felt, new damper felt, damper guide rail felt.