Acoustic
We carry a wide variety of acoustic pianos from top quality manufacturers at nearly every price point. Whether you are shopping for an upright for the kids' piano lessons, or would like a baby grand with a player system for entertaining in your home, we can help you find the perfect instrument. Additionally, we have a great selection of performance-level instruments from C. Bechstein including their renowned Academy series of grands and verticals. A complete listing of our brands can be found on the Products page.
Pre-Owned
Our wide selection of pre-owned acoustic and digital instruments stems from our full value trade-in policy which gives clients the opportunity to trade up to the next level of performance without losing their investment in their instrument. This has the added benefit of increasing the quality of pre-owned instruments we receive as clients take better care of their instruments, knowing that they may trade up one day. To see our current inventory of pre-owned acoustic and digital instruments, please visit our pre-owned page
Digital
Digital instruments such as portables, arrangers, synthesizers, stage pianos, and digital home pianos have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. Sound quality and build quality have never been better. For example, Roland's new SuperNatural sound engine, found in many of our models, has taken digitals to the next level by incorporating technology from their acclaimed V-Piano. Now it is possible to adjust string resonance, touch sensitivity, and damper noise to suit your particlar playing style. Our digital instruments can be found on the Digital page.
A Tale of Two Cities - Berlin and Seifhennersdorf
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We have been fortunate enough to acquire two superlative instruments that uniquely highlight the historical continuity of the German piano building tradition. The first is a new C. Bechstein C234 7'8" Semi-Concert Grand in High-Polished Ebony. The second, is a semi-concert grand of the same size but manufactured 125 years earlier in 1884, and known as the Model III.
C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik was founded in Berlin, Germany on October 1st, 1853 by a young master piano builder named Carl Bechstein. Within 4 years, C. Bechstein pianos were already being installed in some of the finest concert halls in Europe and had come to the attention of Wagner, Liszt, and Von Bülow. At the London International Exhibition of 1862, C. Bechstein grands won several gold medals due to their unique tonal clarity, strength, and playability. Towards the end of the 1900's, Bechstein began providing Queen Victoria with pianos, the grandest being a gilded art-case grand which was delivered to her royal residence at Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria adored her Bechstein and consequently had several more pianos delivered to Windsor Castle and other Royal Palaces. Unfortunately, Bechstein assets in England were seized by the British Crown following World War I and the Berlin factories were damaged by American bombers in World War II, destroying most of their tools and premium woods.
Interest in Bechstein was acquired by Baldwin in 1963 and in 1986 Karl Schulze bought the company outright, intending to return the company to the top of the Tier I piano makers.
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Korg M50 Workstation
The M50 workstation is a powerful, self-contained music workstation that can function as a portable stage piano for gigs, or as the centerpiece of a home music creation studio. The Korg M50 has 1,077 multisamples of terrific sounds ranging from Grand Pianos to Organs to Brass, to Synths. These multisamples can be combined into combis, which are combinations of up to 16 programs and can include multiple patches, drums and dual arpeggiators. Whether you are performing using presets or creating custom patches to generate ideas for a new song, the M50 will keep up with your creativity. The built-in sequencer can help you capture those musical ideas into tracks, making the M50 workstation your musical partner. When used in conjunction with a computer the M50 has powerful editing software to get your sounds just the way you want them. The M50 can also be expanded using KARMA software, an advanced algorithmic music generation technology created by Stephen Kay at Karma Labs. KARMA technology is built into the flagship M3 workstation and is now available as software for the M50.
To find out more about the M50 you can check out the specs on Korg's website or view the video below.