STEINWAY & SONS MODEL S 5'1 Baby Grand In Popular Polished Ebony With Matching Adj Bench

Model S City Grand

At 5' 1" (155 cm), this piano is the smallest of the Steinway grands. This design was introduced in the 1930s to invite the majesty of the Steinway sound into almost any space.

The model S "Baby" grand piano features the powerful and rich tone of a much larger piano. Small enough to fit nicely into almost any room, this piano is handcrafted using the same materials and techniques that go into making our concert grand pianos.

That which distinguishes Steinway pianos, more than all else, is summed up in their dedication to a single ideal: make the finest pianos, with the finest tone and touch in the world. It has never entered their minds to compromise quality. Where some have substituted mass-produced, synthetic components to speed production or reduce costs, Steinway applies technologies and new materials only when they provide proven enhancements in the piano. Steinway adheres to these principles for one reason — compromise quality, and you risk the tone, the touch, and ultimately, the integrity of the instrument.

For more than a century and a half, the world’s most accomplished pianists have preferred to express their musical genius on Steinway & Sons pianos. The list includes the giants in classical, jazz, and popular music; the men and women who have shaped the world’s musical heritage. Today, more than 95 percent of the world’s active concert pianists choose to perform on Steinway pianos.

The joy of playing and owning a Steinway piano, however, is not the exclusive domain of the virtuosi. Rather, it is a world open to all who share a love of music … whether listening or playing … fine craftsmanship and enduring quality.

We have Canada’s largest selection of new Steinway grands and uprights, in various sizes, various finishes, and various styles … a Steinway to fit just about any décor or any requirement. 

Steinway Features:

• Factory warranty
• Seasoned for all climates
• Painstaking craftsmanship
• Incomparable full & even tone
• Sensitive, intuitive touch
• Precise, rapid repetition
• Enduring faithful performance
• Established in New York City in 1853

STEINWAY & SONS Model S genersal specifications:

• Length - 5' 1" (155 cm)
• Width - 57 3/4” (147cm)                   
• Weight - 540 pounds (252 kg)      
• Finish - Polished Ebony.   
• Number of Keys - 88.
• Number of Pedals - 3 (Shift, Sostenuto, Damper).

STEINWAY & SONS Model S detailed specifications:

Rim
Made entirely from hard rock maple; 10 laminations; continuous bent, both inner & outer form one single rim; unequaled strength and stability. Thickness: 2 1/4" (5.72 cm)

Braces
3 solid spruce with a volume of 1,050 cu. In. (17,202cm3); Spruce provides tensile strength with less weight. Maple dowels fasten braces to rim & crossblock producing a single homogenous foundation upon which is built the entire tonal component. Note: Treble bell is not required in smaller grands of lesser tensions.

Pinblock
Hexagrip patented design; 7 laminations of quartered hardrock maple stock. Grain symmetrically distributed at successive angles of 45°, 90°, employing grain direction uniformly around the circumference of the tuning pin to provide the ultimate in pin grippage. As a result of this exclusive design, the tuning pin has smoother movement under torque, a more uniform retaining action for solid setting, and a piano will hold its tuning longer.

Soundboard
Created like the soundboard of violins to give a free and even response throughout the entire scale, it is so constructed as to be 8 mm thick in the center and tapered to 5 mm as it approaches the rim and outer case before being DOUBLE CROWNED. This design permits complete freedom of movement, while acting as a homogenous unit to displace a greater amount of air, thereby creating a richer and more lasting tonal response. Close-grained, quarter-sawn Sitka spruce, a wood having unusual stability and vibrance under stress and vibration, is used exclusively for the soundboard.

Ribs
Made from durable, resinous sugar pine to assure strong and constant support of string down-bearing on the soundboard. Rib ends are hand-fitted into their mounting surfaces virtually locking in the important soundboard crown.

Bridges
Treble: hard rock maple vertical laminations capped with solid hard rock maple; planed to prescribed height, graphite coated, drilled, and notched by hand for precise individual string bearing. Design defies splitting. Bass: Solid rock maple mounted to cantilevered and splined base. Maple doweled, glued, and screwed to soundboard.

Scale
Overstrung; combination agraffe; Front AND rear duplex. Tension: 32,332 lbs. (14,550 kg)

Plate
Sturdy gray iron; filled, CNC-milled, and sealed; bronzed and lacquered.

Tuning Pins
Premium blued steel with rust-resistant, nickeled heads.

Strings
Treble: Twelve whole & one-half sizes from high-tensile Swedish steel. Bass: Swedish steel core wire wound with pure copper. Longest, Agraffe/bridge: 45 1/2" (116 cm)

Hammers
Premium wool top felt over premium wool under felt; treated to resist insects and moisture. Compression-wired to retain permanent shape. Hard rock maple hammer moldings and shanks.

Dampers
Horizontal-cut premium wool for effective dampening. Maple heads for endurance.

Action
White, quarter-sawn maple parts are bushed with specially treated wool action cloth for freedom from friction. Parts are anchored in hard maple dowels housed in inflexible seamless brass tubing to assure precise & stable regulation. Exclusive single, combination phosphor bronze repetition & fly spring provides constant, crisp touch response. Specially designed to respond 14% faster fortissimo & 6% faster pianissimo by using an exclusive combination of half-round balance rail bearings and strategically placed key leads.

Keys
European spruce, individually weighed-off. Chip-proof, stain-resistant coverings for naturals; slip-proof, delicately abraded ebonized sharps. Tough, durable Linden wood buttons reinforce keys over balance rail permitting maximum tonal power with every strike. Longest: 19" (48.3 cm)

Keybed
Made from planks of stable, quarter-sawn spruce. Horizontal planks are freely mortised together, while their ends are permanently mortised into vertical planks, presenting a vented system for humidity escapement while allowing for necessary expansion and contraction. Front center is crowned contrasting the reverse-crowned key frame for snug fit. This design intensifies key movement and prevents "slapping" during heavy playing. Large maple dowel ends provide a solid mount for adjustable brass touch-regulating screws. Thickness: 1 3/4" (4.45 cm)

Pedals
Heavy, solid brass. Soft, sustaining, and full sostenuto