Alex. Steinbach Pianos - Lowe's Pianos & Organs - Tin Can Bay - Piano


Welcome to the enchanting world of Alex. Steinbach pianos. When you purchase an Alex. Steinbach instrument, you are buying more than just a piano. You are investing in a beautiful piece of furniture as well as a magnificent sounding instrument. Only the finest components are used to bring out the legendary qualities for which Alex. Steinbach pianos are renowned. Alex. Steinbach pianos are designed and made exclusively for Australia. This part of the website provides information about the full range of instruments and how you can experience the pleasure of an Alex. Steinbach of your own!
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About Alex. Steinbach
Award Winning Pianos	Research & Development	Best Materials & Technology
Quality & Craftsmanship	Warranty	Specifications
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AWARD WINNING PIANOS
The excellence of Alex. Steinbach pianos has attracted a number of important awards including:
International Olympic Design Award - a coveted award that pays tribute to both Klaus Fenner's design and our artisans' superb workmanship.
Japanese Industrial Standard Award - acknowledging the manufacturing precision that gives every Alex. Steinbach piano its unsurpassed dynamic range and the ability to express every subtlety of musical performance.
Grand Prix for Quality - the piano industry's own recognition of the outstanding excellence of the Alex. Steinbach range (presented at the 25th International Piano Competition).
ISO 9002 Certificate - the international standard recognized worldwide across all industries, for Alex. Steinbach grand and upright pianos, their parts and components.

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
With the support of 25 highly qualified technicians in our research and development department, we are committed to continual improvement in the quality and technology of our pianos. A practical outcome of this commitment is our unique soundboard design - one of the most important components directly relating to sound quality.
The Alex. Steinbach soundboard
The original manufacturing process 'edge glued' panels of spruce, creating a 'solid soundboard'. This produced very good sound but ran the risk of splitting due to down-pressure from the bridge and strings, particularly in dry or cold climates where the soundboard dries out. More recently, soundboards have been made using a lamination process, which enables a 75-year warranty to be provided on many pianos. While tests clearly demonstrated that both processes produced an almost identical sound, traditional piano tuners maintained a preference for the solid soundboard. In addressing this challenge we developed a solid spruce soundboard with the innovative addition of a very thin spruce veneer (0.5mm) to each side, giving the necessary strength and durability to support the 75-year warranty but retaining the features of a solid soundboard.

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THE BEST MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGY
Skilled artisans handcraft each Alex. Steinbach piano to meet the unsurpassed technical design of Klaus Fenner - using only the best materials and technology from around the world. Superb musical tone is produced from a harmonious and perfectly balanced relationship between strings, bridges and soundboard. Full resonance is produced and enhanced with a precision frame of great strength and integrity with sturdy wooden back post assembly. Musical expression is perfectly translated through concert length piano keys, which are uniformly balanced across the keyboard.
From Germany The technical design of Klaus Fenner ensures your Alex. Steinbach piano will become an heirloom to be proudly passed down through family generations. Klaus developed and perfected the world famous Imperial German Scale, which ensures the superb tonal quality of the pianos. German Roslau strings are used to give a clear and pure sound, without the extraneous harmonics that inferior strings can produce.
From Japan Our hammer felt is sourced from the AMBIC Corporation in Japan, a company which has been established for more than 80 years and is a world leader in pressed felt made from wool. The unique characteristic of this felt is the structured homogeneous dispersion of the fibres, giving the hammers a longer life and consistent response.
From the USA Specially grown rock maple is used for all the wood action parts - this timber ensures long life for the critical action components. Tuning stability also comes from pinblock made of multi-ply American rock maple, considered to be the best material in the world for the task.
From Indonesia Quality wood materials and veneers from Indonesia can be found in various areas of the long lasting cabinet and finish.
From Korea Korean craftsmen create the metal superstructure from a vacuum cast iron plate to produce a smoother, stronger, more precise frame than the old sand casting method.

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QUALITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
Super Accelerated Action Actions combine maximum sensitivity and musical subtlety with lifelong strength. Accurate sound and uniform tone is guaranteed through the entire range. Alex. Steinbach upright pianos feature an improved Schwander style 'direct blow' action. Grand pianos have an even greater improved Renner style concert action.
Tuning Pins Pins made from heat-tempered blue steel are nickel plated to prevent rust and corrosion, with reverse-torque cut pin threads. The combination of the pins with the perma-sealed high quality 21-ply pinblock gives greater tuning stability and ensures the tone is virtually unaffected by atmospheric changes.
Hammers & Felts The high density AMBIC felts resist both moths and moisture and our craftsmen T-pin all hammers to prevent separation.
Rich Strings The Roslau high-grade carbon steel strings are longer than those used in most pianos, to further enrich the tone. Bass strings are precision wrapped in solid copper to a tolerance of one-thousandth of a millimetre.
Concert Keys All models feature full concert length piano keys of white straight-grained spruce. Each is coated and lead weighted to ensure balance across the keyboard, allowing uniform finger pressure, regardless of the key pressed.
Cross Bars Acousta cross bars are located diagonal to the ribs to eliminate undesirable overtones. This creates a brighter tone that can be sustained for longer.
Full Resonant Bass Response All upright and grand piano bridges are crafted from quarter-sawn, hard rock maple - hand notched, custom shaped and cut to conform to the crown of each individual soundboard. Cantilever extended bass bridges are used to permit longer bass strings, which enhance the full resonant bass response.
Full Iron Frame The technology developed by Alex. Steinbach has created a vacuum casting process that results in a precision frame of great strength and integrity. Each iron frame plate is tempered, seasoned for six months, then stress tested before installation.
Metal Trapwork Trapwork connecting the pedals to the action is made of metal to ensure precision and to prevent adverse climatic effects.
Superb Cabinet There is a wonderful choice in cabinets - genuine wood grain veneers plus ebony and ivory - coated with a specially formulated resin that simply wipes clean.

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UNIQUE LIFETIME WARRANTY
Since it began Alex. Steinbach pianos have maintained an impeccable track record and, together with your dealer, guarantees that your Alex. Steinbach will provide you with many years of trouble-free performance. Every piano is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for ten years, plus a 75 year warranty on the soundboard. Please check the warranty details carefully. Based on the superb quality and workmanship of these beautiful instruments, Alex. Steinbach also proudly offers a UNIQUE LIFETIME WARRANTY. Please ensure you are registered for this additional warranty at the time you purchase the piano.

EXCLUSIVE 3-YEAR PURCHASE PLAN
Alex. Steinbach Pianos are available from Lowe's Pianos and Organs of Tin Can Bay on a 3 year No Deposit No Interest Purchase Plan. * Please see our Purchase Plans page for details.