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Key No. 1 - Sound

Listen to Your Heart
Not even the most gifted poet can quite capture the joy we feel when beautiful music touches our lives.

Certainly personal joy is what playing the piano is about. Thus, selecting your own piano becomes as much an emotional event as a rational decision.

The heart of the matter comes down to the sound of a fine piano. Even a very inexperienced student, when striking a chord or two, senses the difference between the dutiful, machine-like response of a mass-produced piano and the sonorous, richly textured sound of an instrument lovingly made by hand.

In the world today there are pianos - and there is Steinway. The reason a Steinway touches emotional chords impossible for other pianos is the quality of materials, the heritage of genius, and the devoted craftsmanship with which each instrument is endowed.

You get more out of a Steinway. Because a great deal more goes into it. So the first step is to play the piano. Listen to the sound. Then listen to your heart.

"With the modern Steinway, the fullest spectrum of sound and palette of tonal color can be at one's disposal. The Steinway is capable of not only large sonorities, but also the softest and most intimate whisperings."

— Robert Taub
Artist in residence
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton University