Based on retail price of $181,999 for same brand of similar design, materials and finish.
This piano is being sold AS-IS at a price consistent with age and condition. We can verify that it holds an A=440 tuning and all the keys work. A visual inspection shows that it has been refinished and restrung and has a newer Renner action, but we have no records of when that work was done. If we had to guess, by the looks of the Renner action, we would say circa 1990s. Beautiful set of ivory keytops. The pinblock has a crack in the last lamination, but remains tight across the scale. The soundboard has some pressure ridges that are beginning to open, but keeping it well humidified has mitigated the issue. We would recommend installing a Piano LifeSaver System. This is a georgeous classic from the Victorian Age. If you like some history with your piano, this one will certainly delight. Because of its age, this piano is being sold at a wholesale price with no warranty.
The storied Viennese piano company founded in 1828 by Ignaz Bösendorfer, was once the official piano maker to the Austrian emperor. Once endorsed by world famous pianists such as Franz Liszt (before he became a Steinway Artist). Bösendorfer pianos have a unique rim construction made of blocks of spruce, the same material used in the soundboard, intending to make the entire piano resonate sympathetically. Acquired by Yamaha in 2008.
Dense under-felt is applied before the white hammer felt is glued and fastened to the hammer molding. This reinforcement will help the hammer retain its shape through years of impact with the strings and adds mass to the hammer to deliver more energy to the string. Often overlooked and not something that will cause an issue right away, this is a feature many manufacturers will eliminate in order to cut costs.
All the finest pianos have premium solid-spruce soundboards, but spruce soundboards are not created equal. A premium soundboard will be made of straight-grain solid spruce (not laminated) with a minimum of 8 grains per inch and be free of knots and irregularities. These qualities ensure overall structural integrity and even distribution of vibrations. Most manufacturers do not specify anything beyond solid vs. laminated, allowing for a wide variance in wood quality.
To promote flexibility, the soundboard is sanded down to be thinner from treble to bass. Because the board is able to vibrate more freely, bass notes sound richer and fuller and overall tone and dynamic range is improved.
Bridges conduct the vibrations from the strings into the soundboard. This piano has bridges made of one piece of wood and may have a maple cap. Most uprights and entry-level grands have one-piece bridges. Nearly all performance grands include vertically laminated bridges to improve tone, sustain, and dynamic range.
This manufacturer does specify the material used in the rim, but for purposes of comparison, it is known that Maple is not that material. Common materials include Spruce, Mahogany, and Lauan.
This manufacturer did include duplex scale design on this model. Instead, felt (red in this example picture) is used to prevent the length of string that extends beyond the bridge from vibrating. Duplex scale-design is used to improve the complexity and harmonic content of a piano's tone.
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