Steinway Grand Pianos

Advantages: Amazing sound, makes you sound good
Disadvantages: Not a good teaching instrument

I am primarily a french horn player, but like most musicians I also dabble in the black art of playing the piano. I have played on many different pianos over the years and Steinways are, without a doubt, my favourite instruments to play on. I think the ones I have played on have been mostly model Ds. The pianos have an incredibly beautiful sound and are, in comparison to many other grand pianos, easy to play and easy to make a good sound on. There ...
...on the pianos, but to the inexperienced like myself it will probably not make too much difference. Whilst the ease of playing is a great advantage whilst performing to audiences, particularly for non-professional players, this makes it less useful as a teaching/learning instrument. I know that the hours of playing my own piano were better training than the hours of playing on the Steinways. If you can make a beautiful sound on a battered old upright ... Read review

Advantages: It's the ultimate piano
Disadvantages: None, cost maybe

The Steinway Model D has been the acknowledged #1 piano for over a hundred years and with very good reason. The evenness of touch over the 88 keys is quite matchless, and each department moves into the next with no discernable difference. The bass and the tenor reaches make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck time after time after time. This is apparently due to the double crown in the soundboard. The totally remarkable action flatters your ...
...a positive pleasure to play as your fingers find new levels of skill. Above all I find it's a piano I want to come back to time and time again and has rekindled my desire to practice and improve. The ability to play from pppp to rfffz is quite mind-blowing and it is so easy to make parts in the middle ring out while those below and above merely accompany. In short it really is the pianist's piano and while I've played Bechsteins, Bluthners, Bosendorfers ... Read review

Advantages: Everthing, except...
Disadvantages: the cost!

...the design – perfection. Steinway pianos are how all pianos should be made. Once you have played on one, you will be so tempted to get that second mortgage and sell the car to get one for yourself. The only problem with these pianos is the price. Ranging from over £20,000 to well over £100,000. At this price only very few can afford to own one. My advise? Do everything you can to raise the cash, and just go for it! ... Read review