S T E I N W A Y  &  S O N S

STEINWAY PIANO SPECIFICATIONS & SERIAL NUMBER DATA
U.S.A. MANUFACTURE

Square Grand Pianos

SERIAL NUMBERS DATES OF MANUFACTURE

First One # 483

 Made in 1853
     Last One # 62,871

Made in 1888

Grand Pianos

MODEL

 SERIAL NUMBERS DATES OF MANUFACTURE ACTUAL SIZE NUMBER OF KEYS
Model D

First One # 791

 Made In 1856-1859 8' 3" 7 Octaves
Old Style 4

First One # 2522

 1859-1864 8' 5" 7 Octaves
    1869-1878 8' 6" 7 & 1/3
    1876-1884 8' 9" 7 & 1/3
    1884-1913 8' 10" 7 & 1/3
    1914-1966 8' 11 & 1/4" 7 & 1/3
    1967- 8' 11 & 3/4" 7 & 1/3
Model C First One # 2,485 Made In 1859-1869 7' 1" 7 Octaves
(Old Style 3)   1870-1884 7' 2" 7 & 1/3
    1884-1906 7' 3 &1/2" 7 & 1/3
    1885-1936 7' 5" 7 & 1/3
  Last Ones # 163,XXX 1913 7' 5" 7 & 1/3
 
Model B First One # 24,000 Made In 1872-1884 6' 8" 7 Octaves
(Old Style 2)   1884-1892 6' 10 &1/2" 7
    1891-1913 6' 10 &1/2" 7 & 1/3
    1914-1917 6' 11 &1/2" 7 & 1/3
    1918-1966 6' 11" 7 & 1/3
    1967- 6' 10 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
 
Model A First One # 38,887 (Round Tail) Made in 1878-1893 6' 0" 7 Octaves
Model A I   1892-1897 6' 0" 7 & 1/3
Model A II # 86,XXX (Square Tail) 1896-1914 6' 0" 7 & 1/3
Model A III First One # 163,442 Made in 1913 6' 4 &1/2" 7 & 1/3
  Last Ones # 318,XXX 1947 6' 4 &1/2" 7 & 1/3
 
Model O First One # 96,766 Made in 1900-1913 5' 10" 7 & 1/3
    1914-1924 5' 10 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
  Last Ones # 221,XXX 1923 5' 10 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
 
Model L First One # 219,684 Made in 1923- 5' 10 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
 
Model M First One # 149,500 Made in 1911 5' 6" 7 & 1/3
    1914 5' 6 &3/4" 7 & 1/3
    1918- 5' 7" 7 & 1/3
 
Model S Baby Grand Piano First One # 280,900 Made In 1935- 5' 1" 7 & 1/3

Grand Player Pianos  Note:  Steinway sold the piano to Aeolian Co. who installed the Duo Art Mechanism

Model XR Was 6' 2" (Model M plus 7")
Model OR Was 6' 5" (Model O or L plus 6 & 1/2")
Model AR Was 6' 11 &1/2" (Model A III plus 7")

Uprights

  First One # 5,451 Made in 1862   7 Octaves
  Last Ones # 270,XXX Made in 1934   7
Model E   1869 to 1872 4' 0" 7
(Style 1)   1872 to 1892 3' 10" 7 & 1/3
    1892 to 1898 4' 2" 7 & 1/3
Model V   1913 to 1934 4' 1" 7 & 1/3
Models F & O (also L, R, H, X, and T)   1869 to 1884 4' 4" 7 & 1/3
(Style 2)   1884 to 1898 4' 5 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
Model I   1989 to 1914 4' 6 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
    1914 to 1923 4' 6" 7 & 1/3
Model N   1900 to 1912 4' 4" 7 & 1/3
Model K   1903 to 1914 4' 2" 7 & 1/3
    1914 to 1929 4' 3 & 1/2" 7 & 1/3
Model G (Also S, P, Q, M, K, and T)   1874 to 1884 4' 8" 7 & 1/3
(Style 3)   1884 to 1898 4' 8 & 3/4" 7 & 1/3

Verticals  (All have 7 & 1/3 Octaves)

Model 45   (P) Pianino First One Serial  # 291,575 Made in 1938
  Modern Sk. 1051 297,678 1939 to 1941
  Louis XV Sk 1056 297,660 1939 to 1941
Model 40   First One 297,092 Made in 1939
  Sheraton Sk1057 297,092 1939 to 1946
  Colonial Sk1052 297,094 1940 to 1941
  Queen Ann Sk 1062 301,597 1940 to 1941
  Chippendale Sk 1063 301,652 1940 to 1941
  Louis XV Sk 1072 302,754 1940 to 1941
  Modern Sk 1051 303,657 1940 to 1941
  Hepplewhite Sk 1073 304,314 1940
  Regency Sk 1071 308,572 1941
  Early American Sk 1075 308,929 1941
  Georgian Sk 1077 321,875 1947 to 1948
  Louis XV Sk 1082 326,227 1949

STEINWAY & SONS LOWEST NEW RETAIL PRICES
 1900 TO 2010

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. We have left out such scales as "A" and "C" which are now made in Hamburg, Germany.

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

Serial numbers are for first instrument manufactured in year shown.

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