Steingraeber D-232 grand piano

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The new Steingraeber & Söhne D-232, the "little" brother of the E-272 concert grand piano, was introduced in 2008 at music exhibitions in California, Frankfurt and Paris. At first glance, the "family" resemblance to the E-272 grand piano is immediately recognizable in the shape of the outer rim. Both the D and E models include the same excellent acoustic properties, such as the symmetrically shaped rim with a good reflection zone at the back, unique design that optimally uses the soundboard.

The result is a tone that is present and sings. At second glance, extraordinary features become apparent: - The D-232 has the lightest top lid of any grand piano. Up to 33% lighter than industrially prepared lids! This contributes to additional overtones in the core of the sound. - The greatest range in pitch is achieved by the special capo d'astro bar that runs to forty-six courses, just above the middle of the keyboard. This concept is unique to Steingraeber and is not used anywhere else in the world in a grand piano. Only forty-two courses pass agraven!

The goal of the Steingraeber piano builders is to give more clarity to even more brilliance and a beautiful singing tone. Steingraeber pianos are already praised for this! It goes without saying that the "7-feet-7" (as the D-232 is called in America) also comes with a well-known Steingraeber specialty, the drilled capo d'astro bar. This contributes to structural stability and sustain in the grand piano. Thanks to twenty to twenty-five grams of upweight and a downweight of 48 g in the treble and 52 g in the bass side, playing is more fun, lightning fast, or controllable down to the softest pianissimo. Light hygroscopic mineral material and solid ebony black keys complete the complete feel of this grand piano. The D-232 is a thoroughly classic, professional concert grand piano. Special features such as the innovative Phoenix system of patented bridge agraven for energy-efficient transmission are available for all Steingraeber grand pianos.

Top quality wood

The quality of the wood is of vital importance to a piano builder and Steingraeber & Söhne takes no risks. It is stored at a carefully controlled and constant humidity of 40%. Steingraeber uses exclusively 'Bergsfichte•', slow-grown spruce wood with the annual rings close together, at least 250 years old, for soundboards. "The soundboard is not only an amplifier, but also the source of the sound. Therefore, the resonance of the wood must correspond to the register of the piano for which it is used. The solid red and white beech wood used for the bridges is left to rest for another three years after it arrives at the factory before it is processed.
Principles of classical keyboard construction
To achieve an optimal result, everything is joined together in the workshops at Steingraeber & Söhne to the nearest millimetre:
The soundboard, bridge, cast iron frame are adapted to the soundboard and not the other way around. The frame is first smeared with paint and the imprint on the tuning block (which, depending on the model, consists of 20 to 32 layers of beech wood) shows whether the connection for optimum communication between the different parts is perfect. All this is extremely important because, as they say at Steingraeber: "the energy of the string must be transferred to the soundboard as efficiently as possible. with as little or no loss as possible." That is why even the smallest detail is not forgotten. For example, the pins that hold the strings in place on the bridge are made of exceptionally hard steel by a specialist company. The stitching of the bridge is also a job that requires special attention and craftsmanship. At Steingraeber, it is still manual work that requires a lot of 'Fingerspitzengefühl'.

Production process
It is not only about top material and craftsmanship, time is also an important factor, which according to Steingraeber & Söhne is greatly underestimated. At Steingraeber & Söhne, the total production time of a piano takes four months, for a grand piano this is half a year.