{"id":9909,"date":"2019-06-23T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2019-06-29T11:01:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T11:01:40","slug":"whats-inside-steinways-secret-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/whats-inside-steinways-secret-vault-9909\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Inside Steinway’s Secret Vault?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To get inside Steinways’s new secret addition to their New York Factory, you must be invited. “The Vault” has over $3 million in exotic veneers, waiting for the right buyer at the right time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steinway’s highly secure selection room that\u2019s reserved for only its top clientele, showcases some of the rarest and most grail-worthy pianos the company has ever built. <\/p>\n

Currently, seven Steinway limited edition pianos are on view in The Vault. A John Lennon \u201cImagine\u201d Model B Spirio sits in the left hand corner, with reproduced Lennon doodles and, of course, a signature – created in celebration of the late musician\u2019s would-be 70th birthday.<\/p>\n

Another standout among this exclusive crowd is the Lalique Heliconia Model A. Droplets of Lalique glass adorn the piano, styled as crystalline leaves upon swirling white branches. <\/p>\n

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Journey through imagination<\/h3>\n

The Vault\u2019s crown jewel is the \u201cPictures at an Exhibition\u201d. This unique concert grand piano unites Modest Mussorgsky\u2019s immortal work<\/a> for solo piano with classical painting of Russian history and folklore: landscape, the witch Baba Yaga\u2019s clock hut, the Great Gate of Kiev, and many more. <\/p>\n

Pianist and artist Paul Wyse started the design process in 2012 and the finished piano was revealed in May 2017. Hear him introduce the project:<\/p>\n