Summer Sales Slump

It's the time of year again when many piano shops complain of dwindling sales figures. Maybe it's the hot weather, maybe it's the fact that families are going on holiday instead of buying luxury items or maybe it's just coincidence.

So if you go to a piano shop in the summer months, be warned that you might face some heavy pressure to buy. Choose your shop wisely, make sure you trust the dealer and don't let yourself be pressured into buying something that you are not 100% happy with.

Lang Lang Goodwill Ambassador

Celebrating Lang Lang's appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy presented the Steinway Peace Piano, created by Steinway & Sons to benefit UNICEF through concerts and advocacy events.

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Concert Steinway Production

Here is an interesting article from the New York times showing how new pianos are selected to be used as their own concert instruments and that they are still stored in the same basement where Rachmaninov met Horowitz.

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