S T E I N W A Y  &  S O N S

STEINWAY & SONS LOWEST NEW RETAIL PRICES
 through the years
 1900 TO 2030

In each case we have shown the lowest price at retail for each year. The lowest retail prices, generally speaking, represent ebony encasements. Example: A Model "B" sold for $1,050 in 1900, in year 2000 the same model sold for $51,200.

Model>

40

45

K-52

S

M

(O)/L

B

D
 Year

1900

    

$550

      

$1050

$1400

1905

    

$500

    

(O)$750

$1100

$1400

1910

    

$550

      

$1250

$1600

1915

    

$550

  

$750

$800

$1100

$1600

1920

    

$950

  

$1375

  

$1925

$2700

1925

    

$950

  

$1425

(L)$1575

$1925

$2700

1930

        

$1375

$1700

$2200

$3000

1935

      

$885

$1025

$1300

$1875

$3000

1940

$495

(P)$585

  

$985

$1175

$1450

$2025

$3150

1945

$757

$836

  

$1524

$1746

$1978

$2653

$4358

1950

$1475

$1700

  

$2585

$2900

$3425

$4475

$6900

1955

$1495

$1700

  

$2735

$2985

$3485

$4475

$6900

1960

$1535

$1825

  

$3085

$3350

$3796

$4700

$7100

1965

$1450

$1500

  

$3100

$3400

$3865

$4820

$7200

1970

$1675

$1650

  

$3600

$3800

$4400

$5500

$8275

1975

$2560

$2595

  

$5540

$5920

$6790

$8900

$13500

1980

$4340

$4700

  

$10830

$11550

$13125

$17200

$25550

1985

$4990

$6290

$8990

$13900

$15900

$18900

$24300

$37000

1990

$10230

$8310

$12950

$20500

$23100

$26600

$34600

$53400

1995

$13900

$11900

$15800

$28800

$31200

$35000

$44400

$68800

2000

$14900

$15890

$19490

$30300

$34900

$39400

$51200

$83090

2005

$20990

$19990

$25490

$40990

$46990

$44890

$67990

$101,490

2006

$21990

$20990

$26,990

$42490

$49990

$55990

$71490

$106,990

2010

$

$25550

$32800

$51600

$60990

$68000

$86990

$130,000

Future price projections based on a 5% increase each year.

2015

$

$32500

$41900

$65990

$77500

$86990

$110,990

$165,990

2020

$

$41600

$53500

$84000

$98990

$110,990

$141,490

$211,990

2025

$

$53000

$68300

$107,300

$126,000

$141,990

$180,600

$270,600

2030

$

$67700

$87200

$137,000

$101,000

$180,600

$230,500

$345,000

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