In this terribly disheveled world that we're living in right now, you guys and your content are an absolute breath of fresh air, not to mention hope for humanity, LivingPianosVideos. Thank you for that. :)

Steinway has been continuously making the model B piano since 1878. Good lord that’s just incredible, what a history.

Aw man.....My Kawai RX-7 Ugh.....lost in Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters. Best piano I ever had. I actually gave it a funeral.

I love Debussy and that is a fine sounding piano. The B is my dream piano.

I've heard Golliwog's Cakewalk rehearsed MANY times as it is one of two songs my mother used to play as encores. So, she was always "tuned up" on it. She was a professional concert pianist (solo performances in Orchestra Hall in Chicago and such). For a first encore, she played Claire de Lune. And then Golliwog's Cakewalk for a second encore as it was a lighter song and good for signaling it would be the final song. Steinways were by far her favorite piano, but she didn't get her own until somewhat later in life when one of her best friends helped her get a wonderful rebuilt one at about half price. (She had a Mehlin & Sons before that.) This friend was Catherine Bielefeldt who even once baby sat me. She became the first woman manager at Steinway Hall in New York and wrote the book "The Wonders of the Piano: The Anatomy of the Instrument." (A very good book.) My mother met Cathy when they were in an all-woman "Piano Orchestra" during the WWII years. My mother was principal pianist and Cathy was one of the others of about 15 pianists. This enterprise was not financially successful and didn't last long. Their friendship did. One thing about Golliwog's Cakewalk is the perceived "political incorrectness" nowadays related to the "Golliwog". Long story short, and starting in England, the Golliwog was a "black face" doll that was hugely popular at one time.

Maestro, fabulous playing as always!!

I liked your performances today. Thank you!

Love the tempo of the fantasy

Of course there are other great piano makers, but really nothing compares to a good Steinway in terms of balance across the registers and the evolution of the tone at different volumes. Sweet and warm at low volumes. Bright and penetrating with lots of overtones at higher volumes. Just beautiful. I'm not a piano player, but I know that one thing that we can never appreciate watching these videos, no matter how good the recording and our sound system, is the FEEL of the action. I play guitar and there are many combinations of guitar, pedals, and amps that I have played that sound very similar, but the FEEL, the RESPONSIVENESS, the ability to control the volume and tone of the system with your hands can be very different. All of this affects your ability to play expressively. I'm sure there's a reason that Steinways are the "reference standard" concert piano even though Bösendorfer, Blüthner, Baldwin, Yamaha, Kawai, etc. also make fantastic pianos, and I'd be willing to bet that the action and the responsiveness of the Steinways play a significant part.

Beautiful Mozart Fantasy performance.

What a beautiful performance. Proud to be your student!

There is nothing like a 9' Concert Grand. I highly recommend them. I am a piano tuner/technician, private piano teacher, and performer. My home piano is the Yamaha CFIII Concert Grand.

Wonderful performances! My brother in law just had his B rebuilt with a new non-Steinway sound board. It is incredibly (too) loud for the small room it inhabits. I do miss the thundering bass my M lacks, but it fills my music room perfectly. Thank you for this insightful video!

Very nice. I liked being able to see how you used the pedals. I’ve never seen the soft pedal used before, but probably the camera angle wasn’t right in other videos.

Always thought Steinway B's sound stuffy but they're in a lot of recordings. The Andre Watts liszt recordings were on a Steinway B. Emmanuel Ax's chopin recordings were on a Steinway B. My teacher had 9 foot Baldwins in a dedicated building.

Lovely sounding B. It sounds a lot like my own, rebuilt with Ronsen Wieckert hammers and WNG action with the Flex 2 shank. The keys were re/weighted during the process to remove some of the lead when my tech reworked the action geometry. Have you ever covered how you mix your pianos for videos? Your piano videos are the best on the internet anywhere by far. The sound is so natural as if the piano is in the room. The sound is always very representative of the male and model. Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Baldwin, Bosendorder, etc.

Lang Lang gets one loaned to him by Steinway. Because Steinway doesn't want Yamaha to say "Yeah, Lang Lang has a Yamaha at home".

Lots of pros and semi pros have more than 1 piano, and they differ. Many have at least one upright due to the intimacy of it. Full size grand pianos are intended for concert halls but may not be the most ideal piano for home or in a studio.

The late William Tritt had a rebuilt Steinway AIII as his practice instrument at home

Some pianists (most) don't make incomes that support an expensive home or piano. I live in a small apartment and must practice on a digital piano with headphones. And the last thing I need at home is a great action keybed, when I play everything from the very worse pianos to the very best pianos on stage. Pianist must learn to adapt to all pianos good and bad within a few hours before the concert. There is NO WAY to bring your own instrument to a concert, so a pianist greatest skill is performing on strange foreign instruments with action to sound adjustments necessary. I find when practicing on less than desirable piano's, when I get to play a Steinway, or Baldwin, or Yamaha 9 foot concert grand maintained in excellent condition and tuned and voiced by an expert...there is zero adjustment I need to make in performance. It is on those rare occasions that I can forget about all technical aspects of performance and just play the emotion.

I’m always amazed when you pluck out these amazing pieces played from memory. Do you brush up on these or do you have an encyclopaedic memory bank of pieces stored. Very impressive either way 👍👍

Hmm. Well, it might have been said that American artists are likely to use New York Steinways, the rest of the world would have a Hamburg Steinway for choice. New York Steinway makes its own actions, Hamburg uses actions from Renner. Further, the felts in New York are radically different from Hamburg's, requiring radically different approaches to voicing. And then there are the American northeast pianists who for many decades preferred Baldwin. There are a lot more variables to appeal to many different criteria. For many years, until my wrist was crippled by injury, I had a Baldwin D10 at home. I first learned piano in Boston, and I was greatly helped by the Renner action. A friend purchased a Steinway B during the years New York used teflon. He didn't keep it. There are just so many things to consider; no particular piano is best for all.

Hey, I have to tell you a story. Once upon a time a salesman approached Mr. Steinway, and asked, would you be willing to test our new part in the action of Steinway? Mr. Steinway said, Sure. So the man asked, How long a test will you need? Mr. Steinway replied, Oh, about 50 years.

How large must the room be for a “D”? Our music room is 22’ x 40’. Is it large enough for a Steinway D? Thanks Paul

Currently I’m playing prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff and there’s one section where my teacher wants me to hold the bass notes to make them last longer but this keeps confusing me because why would I hold a not e that is already has pedal to in theary make it louder to be speafic were im mean in BAR 52 The ascending base note melody she wants me to stay on the note for a second before moving to the next one instead of stacato with pedal that I would imagine has the same effect anyway

Wonderful piano - but can it match the Bösendorfer Concert Grand 290 Imperial?

Steinway sizes: S - Small M - Medium O - Oooh A - Ample B - Big D - Dang Big

Well it is my understanding that Steinway Artists are not permitted to have other brand pianos in their home (?). However, I purchased my Baldwin SF-10 (7') from "the wife of" a Steinway artist, who shall remain unidentified. :)

Another thing: If you can´t afford to own a house, but live in an older apartment with too soft spruce floors, it can be impossible to have a grand - and an intact floor. Crash! Practise communities with more or less well kept instruments are a good solution for the not so rich.

Two fantasies? I thought there were three: K 396, 397 and 475.

C. Bechstein Concert Grand > Steinway & Sons best.

DOSENT STEINWAY GIVE THEIR PIANOS AWAY TO GET PUBLICITY FROM CONCERT PIANIST ? IF THEY DIDNT I WONDER IF THEY WOULD CHOOSE STEINWAY

Such a salesman.

not well tuned

Congratulations about pronouncing Rachmaninoff - but that Deb Yoossey was a bit of a pity. Imagine De Bussy and the French "u" is pronounced like the German ü that you may know from "Für Elise". The De has its e pronounced like the e in the.