The Essex piano is ideal for the buyer looking for a reasonably priced piano without sacrificing quality due to Steinway's design and materials specifications. This includes elegant music desk styling, beveled lid edges, spade legs and all brass fittings as opposed to plastic common in this price range. Steinway's partnership with with famed American furniture maker Henredon has resulted in exquisite Essex cabinet designs and features not found in other similarly priced grands. Many other Steinway patents differentiate Essex from other brands. The action geometry is identical to Steinway's patented accelerated action with all hard-rock maple wood action parts (no plastic) for the best tactile feel and response. Virtually all genres of music are available.Įssex grands are all built with Steinway's wide-tail design and tapered Spruce soundboard. The reproduction is incredibly realistic, capturing all of the nuances of the artists' performances, unlike the player rolls in the early 1900's. The huge music library now resides on the cloud and is easily accessible through an app on devices like iPads and iPhones. Today with the huge resurgence in player baby grands, QRS has the most advanced technology for seamlessly installing player systems into any grand piano, including Steinway's Essex piano. As a result of this history, they have by far the largest music library in the world for player pianos. In the early years, many famous artists including George Gershwin recorded their performances for QRS player piano rolls. QRS was founded over 100 years ago, manufacturing player piano rolls during the first heyday of the player piano.
Steinway has partnered with QRS in Seneca, PA , the world's oldest and most established manufacturer of player piano systems. All Rights Reserved.Designed by Steinway & Sons in New York, the Essex Player Grands are a line of grand pianos comprising Steinway's most significant design patents and features, developed over their 160+ year history. Designed to compete in the entry- to mid-price ranges, Essex pianos are infused with much of Steinway's DNA, including over 30 design patents and innovations from the storied New York piano manufacturer. Privacy Policy ©, Knabe Pianos, Samick Music Corporation. Specifications subject to change without notice. Piano colors on this website may vary from the actual product. PianoDisc ® is a registered trademark of PianoDisc.
The quality and reliability is very good, and eliminates the need for unsightly wires. Wireless Playback: Your music can now be wirelessly streamed to an Apple Airport Express.Multimedia capabilities, and an impressively long battery life, the Apple® iPad® isĪ perfect compliment to your reproducing piano system. With a revolutionary touchscreen interface, amazing Several pianos are now available with factory-installed PianoDisc IQ DVD package featuring:
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Ask your Knabe dealer for a full demonstration of the new millennium's player piano. Knabe grand you select can have the PianoDisc system factory installed so you know that it is done correctly and covered by the manufacturer's warranty. Virtually every manufacturer concentrated their efforts in sales and marketing to the piano that "played itself." At the turn of the 21st Century, the same concept has been adapted using digitally controlled sole-noids to make the modern grand piano into an exciting home entertainment instrument. Enjoy thousands of pre-recorded songs live in your living room through PianoDisc ®.Īround the turn of the 20th Century the most popular home entertainment device in the American home was the player piano.