1925 Steinert Model D Grand Piano
Steinert Model D (6′2″), comparable in size to the Steinway Model A · Figured mahogany, hand-rubbed lacquer finish · Steinert, Boston
Serial number 14601 · Plate casting 401/D (Model D) · Length 6′2″
$39,500
About This Piano
This 1925 Steinert Model D grand, 6′2″ in length, is being restored in our shop right now. It will have a new action, new strings and new dampers; the keys and keyframe and the bridges are being restored; and the harp (plate) is refinished in high-gloss lacquer. The case has been refinished in a hand-rubbed lacquer that shows off some of the most striking figured mahogany we’ve had come through the shop. Ribbon and flame figure runs across the fallboard, rim and lid.
The Steinert name comes from one of the closest partnerships in American piano history. Morris Steinert founded his music business in 1860 and became a Steinway dealer in 1869. His firm, M. Steinert & Sons, opened Steinert Hall on Boston’s Boylston Street in 1896, and it still sells Steinways today. It calls itself the oldest Steinway dealer outside New York.
In 1903 the Steinerts began building their own grand pianos in six sizes, at factories in Leominster, Massachusetts. Out of respect for the Steinways, they didn’t put the family name on them at first. The early pianos carried the A. M. Hume name instead. In 1916 the Steinways allowed the firm to rename the Hume piano the Steinert, and grands like this one carried the name until the factories closed in 1932. Piano technicians have long noted how closely Steinert grands follow Steinway practice — a continuous bent-maple rim, and in documented examples, trapwork and cheek-block hardware matching a Steinway Model O.
This Steinert Model D (6′2″) is comparable in size to the Steinway Model A. It is a Steinert, not a Steinway; the Steinway Model A is mentioned only as a size comparison.
For reference — not as a like-for-like match, but as a useful anchor, given how closely Steinert and Steinway were linked and how many construction details they share — a new Steinway Model A (6′ 2″) in ebony lists at about $133,100. The same Model A in Tiger Mahogany Polish is listed by Piano Buyer at $183,100.
When this Steinert was built in 1925, Calvin Coolidge was President. His second inauguration that March was the first to be broadcast nationally on radio. Walter Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation, The New Yorker published its first issue, and Paris hosted the design exhibition that gave Art Deco its name. In music, the WSM Barn Dance, soon to become the Grand Ole Opry, went on the air in Nashville. In December, George Gershwin played the solo part at the premiere of his Concerto in F at Carnegie Hall.
The restoration is being completed in our shop by Registered Piano Technician Trevor Nelson.
Restoration Includes (in progress)
- New action
- New strings
- New dampers
- Keys and keyframe restored
- Bridges restored
- Harp (plate) refinished in high-gloss lacquer
- Case refinished in hand-rubbed lacquer on figured ribbon / flame mahogany
$39,500. Please contact us for more information, or to discuss the restoration.
See It in Person
Visit our piano gallery in Lafayette, Colorado, to see and play this Steinert. Call (303) 521-3722 or contact us to set up a time.
