Vintage vs New Concert Grand Steinway: Can You Hear the Difference?

Welcome to LivingPianos.com. I'm Robert Estrin with a really interesting show for you today. We're going to be comparing a vintage Steinway concert grand to a much newer Steinway concert grand, and listen to the difference. You're going to hear two excerpts of Chopin on these two instruments for you. You know, it's an interesting thing that many people have a very strong opinion about older versus newer Steinways.

This gives you an opportunity to compare them to see what you think. First up, we have a 2004 Steinway concert grand, all original, barely used, and you're going to hear some of the F sharp nocturne of Chopin on it. Listen to this and see how you like the tone.

The piano is dialed in, and it's a pleasure to play.

So now we have this vintage Steinway concert grand from 1916, rebuilt, restored, original soundboard, so it is a fair comparison.

And listen to some of the Chopin's B flat minor nocturne on this piano, and listen to the tone and see which one you connect with.

You know, it's interesting because no two Steinway concert grands are the same. As a matter of fact, no two Steinways are the same. They're all hand -built.

The woods that are used throughout the piano are all different because no two trees are exactly the same, not to mention all the fine crafting that goes into the pianos. But there is a general difference between older and newer Steinways, and I'm wondering if you can hear the difference. Let's get a conversation going here at LivingPianos.com, your online piano store. Love to hear from all of you. Again, I'm Robert Estrin. Thanks so much for joining me.

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