steinway 3d model

[ice_lemon]

hello forum. i like to take this chance to say hi to everyone.
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i am an animator trying to construct a grand,
it is unfortunate i have got no piano talent to play a piano.
not even an artificial one..

so there are a few silly questions i like to ask..
in Steinway pianos..
what's the best piano there in Steinway?
i found Steinway Essex EGP-161 model specifications.
might make my life a bit easier.......
but on their website www.steinway.com it seems Bostons are better,
what makes the difference?

i used to play piano when i was about age of 6.
but i never seem to get the keys right.
whenever i see people playing piano makes me feel kinda jealous haha..

Cyril.

[Brian Lawson, RPT]

What is your animation going to show?  If a Steinway, I'm sure they will be happy to give you what you want. write to info@steinway.com

[rachfan]

To answer your question, Steinway positions its own  high quality Steinway pianos as the top of its line.  These are pianos for artists.  Boston is considered a better consumer-grade instrument.  And Essex is a medium quality consumer-grade piano.  This positioning is not unusual in the industry.  Baldwin places its own line as artist quality pianos, Chickering as better consumer grade, and Wirlitzer as entry level pianos.  It all has to do with materials and craftsmanship.

[SHR]

Just a post script - Garrick Ohlssohn once told me that because he praised a Bosendorfer he had played  in an earlier concert, Steinway moved their piano out of the Lincoln Centre hall just before he was due to give a performance. The ongoing controversy is well documented. I've know well known pianists terrified at being photographed playing a non Steinway piano (there are other excellent alternatives) - is there a Mafia connection? We should be told.

[rachfan]

I once saw Garrick Ohlsohn in a documentary performing  Chopin's Scherzo in b flat on a Baldwin.  So evidently he gets around.

Steinway Artists endorse Steinway pianos and are required to sign a formal agreement.  Part of it states that they are to play publically on Steinway pianos exclusively, unless Steinway cannot make a piano available in a particular locale for the recital or concert, or unless there is otherwise a mechanical problem with the Steinway piano necessitating using an alternate brand instrument.  So if a Steinway Artist is seen breaking the rules, the agreement can be terminated by Steinway.  Because Steinway maintains the largest concert "fleet" of pianos and backs it up with technical resources for the performers, nobody wants to casually lose those benefits.

By contrast, Baldwin Artists sign no agreement whatsoever, so they receive neither benefits nor penalties.  (Baldwin simply makes its best effort to supply its pianos.)  The performers are simply endorsing Baldwin as a fine, artist-quality piano.  So in that sense the artist's endorsement of Baldwin is not a quid pro quo; rather, it is freely given and, therefore, is far more meaningful.

[ice_lemon]

thanks Rachfan, i am mainly working on a hotel interior design project at the moment. so i think it might look nice to put a grand inside, i am currently constructing a Steinway Essex EGP-161 now, it looks good so far. I like to model Steinway Boston GP-156 after Essex EGP-161 since Boston got this more advanced look. another thing i like to know for a grand in an eye of a piano artist. which colour does it make a grand to stand out?


at last thanks everyone for being so supportive.
even a piano newbie like me understands.

[rachfan]

Most artists won't play a grand unless it's black!  (But not all.)

[ice_lemon]

i see.it kinda gives me a feeling similar to most of design artists would prefer to use a iMac than a PC. iMac is nice to use but i am a PC user myself

it is nice to know between each piano artists have such a unique and identical habit of using their tool to achieve their dream. i am a wonderer myself. what do you achieve in the end of the day as a piano artist? as a professor? or a greatest piano artist in history.. being an artist myself i sometimes do not knowwhat are we trying to achieve in the end.

Cyril.

[rachfan]

In performing a piece slightly differently every time, countless times during a lifetime, the artist hopes to attain absolute (but elusive) perfection just once at the summit of artistry.