Steinway & Sons Model C
A New York half-concert grand, custom-built to play better than new, at a fraction of the cost.
$95,000
What Performance-Grade Means
Designed, Not Just Restored
A factory piano is built to production tolerances. A Performance Grade piano is built to a design. This 1895 New York Model C pairs a proven structural rebuild with a completely new keyboard, action and damper system, all made to our own specifications and set up for this one instrument.
Tone by Design
Touch by Design
Features
New CNC-made spruce keysticks, with key ratios analyzed and strike and front weights set to spec, key by key. The result is an even, controllable touch that production keyboards rarely match.
A new damper system built on a Renner backaction, with new damperheads, felts and wires, for quiet, consistent damping and pedaling.
Model
C
Built
1895, New York
Size
Half-concert
Serial
82637
Case
Finish & Hardware
High-gloss ebony polyester finish, originally done by Klavierhaus, New York City
Case polished in our shop
Chips and veneer repaired
Music desk repaired and refinished, lockbar refitted
Upgraded to German brass concert grand casters with rubber linings and locks
Structure
Soundboard, Pinblock, Plate, & Strings
Structural rebuild previously completed by Klavierhaus, New York City
Inspected in our shop and found to have held up well
Action
Keyboard & Touchweight
New keyset designed from an action and key ratio analysis, with CNC-made premium spruce keysticks
Kluge acrylic natural keytops and German ebony tapered sharps
Baltic birch keybuttons with sub-bases and shoes, premium key bushing cloth
New Hamburg-style white oak balance rail, new keypins, backrail cloth and rail punchings
WNG anodized aluminum capstans and WNG composite backchecks
New topstack action rails and brackets, hammers, shanks, flanges and repetition levers
Custom geometric action balancing, with strike and front weights set to design spec
Action regulated, pinning refined, anti-friction treatment, hammers voiced
Dampers
Damper System & Pedals
New damper system with Renner backaction, new damperheads, felts and wires
New guiderails, refinished and rebushed
Sostenuto rebushed and regulated
Trapwork refurbished with adjustable stops, new leather and felt, upgraded pivot pins and bushings
Pedals polished, new adjustable pedal rods