Steinway & Sons Grand Pianos
9 BOSTON PIANO FEATURES AND BENEFITS
The Soundboard
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Long proven to be the most resonant material available and used in Steinways for generations, Steinway believes that the most important contributer of the tone should also be the same in all Bostons. The soundboards are Precisely tapered to Steinway specification, allowing the Boston soundboards to vibrate more freely.
2. Boston Action
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All-wood action parts, solid spruce keys, synthetic ivories and ebonies, and excellent action balance work seamlessly together to move the hammers to the strings and create an effortlessly responsive action & touch.
3. Maple Inner Rim
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The Boston piano rim, also known as the frame, is the foundation for he heart and soul of the Boston grands. Using the same material as Steinway & Sons, the latest Bostons feature solid laminations of Hard Rock Maple in their inner rims, allowing the soundboard t better project sound.
4. Boston Hammers
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The Steinway-designed Boston hammers are based on Steinway’s Pear Shaped Hammer - which enhances the action touch by rewarding the player with a beautiful tone. The hammer is what hits the strings producing the vibrations that allow for the soundboard to vibrate and to enable the piano to sing - Steinway’s pear-shaped design is all about engineering, the shape and tension in the design allow for precision of tone produced.
5. The Plate
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Cast from grey iron, Steinway’s own Boston bronze-colour painted and lacquered. Vacuum Cast.
6. Octagrip Pinblock
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A Boston Performance Edition exclusive, eleven layers of solid, hard-rock maple (used for its superior hardness, grain and stability properties) are glued in different grain angles of 60 degrees, keeping the tuning pins tight but allowing for fluid motion and enabling better quality and longer lasting tunings. Steinway has been using Hard-rock maple in their own Steinways since the introduction of the Hexagrip Pinblock back in 1936 - the success and importance of the material is also used in the Boston.
7. Low Tension Scale
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Just like in Steinways, a low-tension string scale design gives a fuller, richer, warmer tone by allowing more of the lower partials to sing. A lower tension scale means less tension exerted on the strings, permitting for more sustain, more powerful, and much more dynamic range. It makes it much easier for the player to achieve the warmer, darker, richer tones as it is for the player to achieve the bright, powerful, thunderclap like tones.
8. The Ribs
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Made from durable spruce to assure strong and constant support of the strings bearing down on the soundboard. Ribs are fully let-in to the inner rim to support the important soundboard crown and prevent the piano from losing its tone. This all constructed of solid wood.
9. The Strings
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Like Steinways, we use Solid copper-wound bass strings to ensure pure tone for the life of the instrument. Treble