Steinway & Sons’ innovative piano design spans from a Luca Nichetto collaboration showcased at Milan Design Week 2023 to a masterpiece of self-playing engineering
Steinway & Sons has been making the finest pianos in the world since 1853 –meticulously handcrafted by skilled artisans to the highest standards, with each piano taking around a year to create. Today, Steinway remains at the forefront of piano innovation in both design and technology. Its offering spans from high-profile collaborations with artists and designers to the masterpiece of self-playing engineering that is the Steinway Spirio.
Venice-born Nichetto was inspired by the elegant contours of a gondola, with its dynamic lines and graceful sculpting, and the piano features accents in metal and Italian leather. Four years in the making, the piano is the first to emerge from his multidisciplinary Studio Nichetto, known for its furniture, product and architectural projects, and its collaborations with the likes of Hermès, Cassina, and Ginori 1735.
Every Steinway Spirio is presented with an iPad mobile digital device preloaded with a carefully designed app that provides access to a fantastic music library. Regularly updated, the Spirio playlist features music by more than 1,800 pianists, spanning the works of artists from Beethoven to The Beatles.
Why, you may ponder, would you not simply fill your home with exquisite piano music through state-of-the-art speakers? Because here you have the incomparable acoustic quality of a Steinway Grand, not to mention the beauty of the piano itself. ‘Self-playing’ pianos, as they are known, have been around since the late 19th century, but Steinway has taken the notion to another level.
Spirio is also the world’s finest high-resolution player piano capable of live performance capture and playback. Effectively, you have access to concert pianists playing your Steinway in your own home in real time. Lang Lang, a Steinway artist and Spirio ambassador, has commented: ‘Buying a piano does not have to mean waiting for a pianist to play it at home. It’s a major leap, a milestone – with superb craftsmanship.
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