Pianos to be available soon

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They are in the 88 Keys Piano Restoration Shop.

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Pianos to be available soon restringing at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Restringing a turn-of-the-century Wissner upright piano built in New York.

Pianos to be available soon Hardman keys at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Discolored Hardman upright piano ivory keys. We’ll restore them with bleaching and a fine sanding.

Pianos to be available soon Baldwin lid at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

In-stock Baldwin model L grand piano lid being re-lacquered after trauma.

Pianos to be available soon masked at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Masked-off grand piano ready for the soundboard to be lacquered after stripping.

Pianos to be available soon new hammers at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Meticulously hanging and aligning a new set of hammers on a grand piano action.

Pianos to be available soon Hamilton keys at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Hamilton upright piano with jagged ivory key overhangs – too far gone for preservation.

Pianos to be available soon Baldwin fallboard at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

In-stock Baldwin model L grand piano fallboard being re-lacquered.

Pianos to be available soon Mendellssohn at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Mendelssohn upright piano waiting for the return of its keys after being re-covered.

Steinway Square Grand Piano Before at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Steinway square grand piano built in 1865 during the Civil War. We are repairing the original parts, not replacing them and then aligning and regulating properly.

Steinway Square grand’s tuning pins and plate casting logo.

Steinway Square Grand Piano Plate at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Steinway Square grand’s ornate cast-iron harp with original paint.

Steinway Square Grand Piano Hammers at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Steinway Square grand’s “Birdcage action” and original strings.

Steinway model O Restored Grand Piano

Steinway & Sons “Crown Jewel” Collection Grand Piano.

This 1917 Steinway & Sons model O parlor grand piano is one of the finest musical instruments ever built. It is the largest of Steinway’s “smaller” pianos. This was the golden era of American piano building and Steinway & Sons was the piano that every other was judged by. It is handcrafted and took a full year to build. The Steinway factory held most of the important patents in the industry and the family participated in all of the significant operations. In the world of musical instruments, there are pianos – and then there are Steinway & Sons. The model O features the classic “Steinway sound”; having a strong, singing treble and a powerful bass, rich in high harmonics. The duration of tone (sustain time) is lengthy, which enables legato phrases to be enjoyed. The dynamic range is wide, allowing the pianist to play expressively and emotively. The mid-treble, where most of the melody lines are played “sings” and doesn’t disappear under the background of an accompaniment. It has the power that most pianos aspire to but not the brash “loudness” that often results. This permits the clarity of tone that Steinway & Sons is well-known for – the ability to clearly hear each individual note played in a chord or group of notes. Otherwise, a “muddy” tone results. This instrument is suitable for the more advanced player, professional pianist or anyone with superior or acute hearing. Any music school, teaching studio and institutional setting would benefit from this piano.

Steinway model O Restored Grand Piano Full Front at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Mint condition and ready for the performance

Steinway model O Restored Grand Piano Serial at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Hand-made by American and German craftsmen

This piano was completely restored recently in our restoration shop. The very finest materials and construction techniques were employed in this extensive eight month process. Pianos Bolduc from Montreal, Canada is the company that produces the current Steinway & Sons pinblocks, so we constructed a new highest-quality 5-ply quarter-sawn, tight-grained rock maple Bolduc pinblock and painstakingly fitted and doweled it into the piano’s inner rim. Steinway always glues and dowels its pinblocks rather than allowing them to “float” between the rim ends like nearly all other makers do. This makes their restorations quite a bit more difficult. New, premium German-made Renner Blue Point hammers, shanks and flanges replaced the originals. They are the same as used in the Hamburg Steinway & Sons models built in Germany. The dampers, wires and damper felts were also replaced with Renner. The repetition levers and springs were replaced with Renner, as were the let-off buttons and backchecks. It was re-strung with new Steinway bass strings and music wire. The flame-mahogany cabinet was gently stripped and beautifully refinished by our experts. So was the plate, and re-lacquered with genuine “Steinway gold”, the traditional hue for Steinway plates.

A poignant piece of Steinway & Sons history

The soundboard was in excellent condition surprisingly, requiring no repairs or replacing, so all we needed to do was clean and refinish with fresh lacquer. The original soundboard decal was lost to the refinish but we replaced it with the identical design. It shows the State Seals and Medallions of twelve pre-WW1 countries and kingdoms that owned Steinway & Sons pianos in their palaces, castles or official Houses of Government. After the war ended, some of these governments no longer existed. The factory ceased applying these soundboard decals at this point in deference to these historical changes. The piano was built in 1917 and this important serial number (187812) is one of the very last Steinway & Sons grand pianos to sport this unique decal. Due to enforcement of their rights to this proprietary logo these official decals are now no longer available to rebuilders, making this a very unique piano.

Steinway model O Restored Grand Piano Soundboard at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Seals and medallions of twelve countries and kingdoms

Steinway model O Restored Grand Piano Harp at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom

Complete restoration and refinish

Behold, the aged, yet flawless ivory keys!

The genuine ivory keytops were carefully cleaned and bleached. It is rare indeed to find ivory in such wonderful condition after all these years. They are in gorgeous condition with a warm, soft-white lustrous glow. The wooden sharp keys were cleaned and lacquered black to perfection. All of the cabinet hardware, plate bolts and casters were re-plated in brass. The new piano-action components have been well-regulated, the new strings stretched and tuned several times, and the piano is finally ready now for concert performances. 88 Keys Piano Warehouse will be happy to warrant our restoration work for two years.

This is truly a historical piece of Americana. The piano was purported to be shipped by railroad to New Mexico shortly after being built. It was most recently sold in 1991 by Riedling Music, the sole New Mexico Steinway & Sons dealership for 75 years.

88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom price – $49,950.

Current Steinway & Sons model O 2022 MSRP $128,300.

Steinway & Sons model O 2019 MSRP $101,800.

Steinway & Sons model O 2018 MSRP $95,800.

Steinway & Sons model O 2017 MSRP $90,200.

Steinway & Sons model O Parlor Grand Piano factory page

The Steinway & Sons infamous WW-1 soundboard decal

Manufacturers by Appointment to:

His Majesty William II – German Emperor & King of Prussia

His Majesty Edward VII – King of Great Britain & Emperor of India

His Majesty Nicholas II – Czar of Russia

His Majesty Umberto I – King of Italy

His Majesty Alfonzo XIII – King of Spain

His Majesty Albert – King of Saxony

His Majesty Franz Joseph I – Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary

Her Majesty Maud – Queen of Norway

His Majesty Oscar II – King of Sweden

His Majesty Abdul Hamid II – Sultan of Turkey

And other Distinguished Royalties.

Mason & Hamlin model BB Semi-Concert Grand Piano

Mason & Hamlin 7′ Grand Piano – made in the USA

Hand-crafted in Haverhill, Massachusetts. This classic Mason & Hamlin grand piano is nearly new. It was built in 2000 and purchased locally in 2001 then lived in Albuquerque’s north valley the entire time since. It is finished in mahogany satin lacquer with a topcoat of polyester resins for durability. It includes the original adjustable Artist bench. Excellent technicians have cared for the piano regularly. The legendary model BB is designed for spacious homes, conservatories of music, professional recording studios, auditoriums and for serious pianists. It has a wonderful mellow and cultured tone quality and a long-lasting duration of tone comparable to full concert grand pianos. The timbre consists of a bell-like clarity in the treble, a warm harmonic resonance in the tenor and an exceptionally powerful bass response sometimes called “the growl”. This distinctive Mason & Hamlin tone is the result of a piano that is built using the original Boston model BB design with scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy. Downbeat Magazine reported, “The Mason & Hamlin model BB semi-concert grand piano plays with the consistency and response of the finest concert grand pianos.”

“The growling power of the Mason & Hamlin bass is most evident in the 7′ model BB.” Larry Fine, Author – The Piano Book

Rosewood sharp keys with ebony-wood caps.

Mason Hamlin grand top at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse

Warm satin mahogany lacquer finish.

Acclaimed and collected by generations of serious piano aficionados, Mason & Hamlin is the ultimate piano investment. The combination of Old-World craftsmanship with time-tested designs and materials makes Mason & Hamlin one of the few investment-grade pianos built today. As evidence of Mason & Hamlin’s unparalleled commitment to quality, fewer than 300 pianos are manufactured each year. Thus, each piano is truly a one-of-a-kind original – a limited edition – and no doubt will perform and increase in value for decades to come.

88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom price – only $45,000.

Current MSRP on new Mason & Hamlin model BB – $127,031.

The current models are perfect reproductions of their very best 20th-century models, and they are still the costliest piano to produce. The original Mason & Hamlin scale designs were developed by Richard Gertz in the early 1900’s, including the Duplex Scale, Screw Stringer and the Tension Resonator, a remarkable device that was designed to maintain the crown of the soundboard for the life of the piano. The performance of a lifetime is assured by Mason & Hamlin’s patented Crown Retention System. It is unique among piano manufacturers, and it assures that your soundboard will retain its original contoured “crown” and continue to provide performance qualities like power, projection and sustain duration. Consequently, seventy-five-year-old Masons often sound as rich, and project and resonate tone as well as they did when new. They are usually excellent candidates for the expenses of restoration when it is eventually needed.

The Mason & Hamlin model BB semi-concert grand piano soundboard is constructed of the finest grade, air-cured, kiln-conditioned Canada eastern white spruce. It is treated and monitored in the factory to maintain the correct moisture content ensuring stability and longevity. It is precisely installed by hand and is pre-crowned and tapered for optimal tonal resonance. The pinblock is built using 7-ply quarter-sawn hard-rock maple. Each layer is carefully positioned at a 90-degree angle for maximum strength in gripping the tuning pins. The rim is remarkably thick with 18-ply laminations, the beams are overly sturdy, and the sand-cast grey iron plate has a full perimeter design for extra strength. The piano is built like a Sherman tank on steroids!

“Mason & Hamlin pianos are the Top-Rated American Made Piano in the Highest Quality Category for Performance and Confidence.” Larry Fine, “The Piano Book” (Fourth Edition)

Accuracy and consistency define Mason & Hamlin’s own Wessel, Nickel & Gross piano-action. WNG was a major supplier to American piano builders and a time-honored name in precision piano-part manufacturing and action-design. Their piano-action is regarded among the world’s very best, and it is a pleasure to play. This high-performance action enables the pianist a faster repetition for execution of difficult musical passages not possible on lesser ones. Its wide dynamic range allows an expressive and emotive experience for the listener. The action rail is a unique, original design and consists of a square brass tube for rigidity, enclosing a hard-rock maple dowel for the components to be accurately and permanently mounted to. This square brass tube is C&C drilled, glass beaded and finished in lacquer for lasting stability. The beautiful sharp keys are made from genuine rosewood with ebony-wood caps. Our 88 Keys restoration shop has performed a complete regulation on the piano-action, and it is ready for the performance.

mason hamlin grand piano at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse

Hand-made by American craftsmen in Boston.

Excellent condition – structurally and aesthetically.

Mason & Hamlin – Then and now…

In 1854, two brilliant idealists, Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin, founded the Mason & Hamlin Piano Company in Boston, Massachusetts: the birthplace of American piano design and manufacturing. Although their backgrounds and interests were very different, the two men shared a common goal: to make the world’s finest musical instruments. In 1996 one of the most successful businesses in the industry was PianoDisc, a manufacturer of computerized player systems for acoustic pianos. Gary and Kirk Burgett, the owners, were longtime fans of Mason & Hamlin pianos. When they heard the company was for sale, they bought it. Just like the original founders, the Burgett brothers brought unique and diverse experience and interests to their partnership.

Steinway Contemporary Console Piano model 100

Ebonized 40″ Steinway & Sons piano.

The Steinway & Sons reputation has been established around the world on concert stages, by Concert Grands. The vertical, however, is an integral part of Steinway history and tradition. The company began building vertical “cottage pianos” well over a century ago and today the vertical is a significant part of Steinway’s production. In the 19^th century parlor, in the 20^th century apartment and conservatory practice room, the need for a fine smaller piano has always existed. The Steinway Contemporary console piano model 100 is just that.

A piano built in the Steinway & Sons tradition which takes up less space than a grand piano and still offers the best qualities of tone and touch which have become the Steinway hallmark. The Steinway console piano is every inch a Steinway. It is built by the same men, in the same plant, of the same materials as a Steinway & Sons Grand. Some consider it better value than most small grands from other makers.

Steinway Contemporary Console Piano model 100 Treble at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom — *Straight-line simplicity and classic artistry*

The cabinet style of this Steinway Contemporary console piano model 100 is designed to blend with any decorating scheme. It combines today’s look of straight-lined simplicity with the classic artistry of the past. The condition of this 1960 model is excellent – structurally and aesthetically. Our technical people evaluated it very carefully. We did our due diligence and the piano received ten-plus hours of tuning, regulation and cleaning in our piano restoration shop. It has lived here in Albuquerque its entire life so it is happily acclimated to our unique climate. With the right care, it will be making beautiful music for decades to come. We are happy to offer a two-year warranty on this instrument. The original bench with storage is included. Professional delivery is also included.

Steinway Contemporary console piano model 100 S# 367007 Mfg. 1960

88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom price – $9950.

Since 1853

This instrument features the classic “Steinway sound”; having a strong, singing treble and a powerful bass, rich in high harmonics. The duration of tone (sustain time) is lengthy, which enables legato phrases to be enjoyed. The dynamic range is wide, allowing the pianist to play expressively and emotively. It is neither overly mellow and dull or overly bright and tinny. The mid-treble, where most of the melody lines are played “sings” and doesn’t disappear under the background of an accompaniment. It has the power that most pianos aspire to but not the brash “loudness” that often results.

Steinway Contemporary Console Piano model 100 pinblock at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom — *Solid construction and meticulous detail*

Steinway & Sons holds most of the patents issued to piano manufacturers for action improvements including the exclusive Accelerated Action, patented in 1936 which increases the speed of repetition. The 1868 patented Tubular Metallic action frame maintains proper alignment of the action parts. It consists of seamless brass tubes with rosette-shaped contours, force fitted with maple dowels and brass hangers. The keys are constructed from Bavarian spruce that is high in tensile strength to prevent breakage. The Steinway & Sons pinblock makes it easier to tune the piano precisely and stay in tune longer than others. The Diaphramatic soundboard (US Patent Office – 1936) tapers from five to eight millimeters in thickness from the center to the perimeter. It is constructed from the highest-grade, close-grained, quarter-sawn Sitka spruce from Alaska. Planks are hand-selected to be free of defects and at the end of the day, there is more wood on the floor than actually made it into the piano.

Steinway Contemporary Console Piano model 100 Endblock at 88 Keys Piano Warehouse & Showroom — *Contemporary cabinet styling and keyboard*

Sherman Clay Grand Piano

Sherman Clay 5′-8″ Grand Piano

Manufactured in 1986 by Daewoo Corporation in Yeoju, South Korea, this is a classy, beautiful piano finished in high polish “French Vanilla” cream. Sherman Clay was a prominent company which had a group of stores up and down the west coast until the Great Recession of 2008 put a damper on things. The sound is pure and strong across all the octaves, and because of this it was featured in some local inspirational recordings.

Offered for $7,950.