Responsiveness. Precision. Intuitive grace. A superior musical instrument can be recognized by the degree to which it allows the player to express vision without interference — with nothing coming between the fingers on the keyboard and the music in the air.
Such is the experience of playing a Boston. Designed by STEINWAY & SONS, employing the unique patents and expertise that have made the name STEINWAY synonymous with excellence, the Boston line of grand and upright pianos represents a singular achievement in instrument building: a superior playing experience at a price level never before thought possible.
Matthew Maimone, Steinway Teaching Artist talks about Boston pianos and how it has helped him as an artist. Listen to Susan Kenagy, Boston Engineering Manager talk about the Boston sound.
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 1 on a Boston GP-215. Recorded for his album Chopin Ballades & Nocturnes.
The Steinway Promise - When you purchase a BOSTON, ou may trade it in at some point in the future* and receive 100% of the original purchase price toward a new STEINWAY or STEINWAY-DESIGNED piano of greater value.
Boston’s innovative “wide tail” design permits a 5'10" Boston grand the same soundboard area as a typical 6'2" grand piano, creating the power, richness and feel of playing a much larger instrument.
STEINWAY & SONS Senior Mechanical Engineer Susan Kenagy on how the Boston piano has inherited the STEINWAY DNA.
Each Boston soundboard is crafted of solid Sitka spruce, long proven to be the most resonant material available. Boston soundboards are also precisely tapered, which allows them to vibrate more freely. Add a number of special technologies — unique patents of STEINWAY & SONS — and the result is a powerful, sustained tone.