About Essex Pianos
The Essex Piano
For The Style of Your Life.
In addition to the traditional styles and finishes, the Steinway-designed Essex piano line features beautiful, traditional furniture styles at a truly exceptional price and value.
The Piano that Inspires the Artist in You
The Steinway-designed Essex piano incorporates the latest design specifications and engineering standards from Steinway & Sons. In keeping with Steinway's commitment to excellence, Steinway & Sons provides technical assistance for the production of Essex pianos, to insure that Essex pianos are made to the specifications established by Steinway. And every Essex instrument is inspected by a team of highly experienced Steinway & Sons trained technicians before it leaves the factory.
World-class performance made affordable
In keeping with its belief that the precious gift of music should not be reserved for just a few, Steinway & Sons has expanded its selection of finely crafted instruments and to make Steinway designed pianos available to more consumers. And now, drawing on the Steinway & Sons incomparable experience and highest musical standards, is the latest reflection of Steinway's design and innovation — the Essex piano. Built with a completely new Steinway scale design, the Essex piano is remarkably affordable and sets new performance standards for comparably priced pianos.
The unmistakable touch of Steinway
Many Steinway designed features are built into the Essex piano, providing it with superb sound, touch and enduring investment value.
- Essex soundboards are crafted of solid Sitka spruce, long proven by Steinway & Sons to be the most resonant material available.
- Reduced string tension allows the Essex piano to have a larger soundboard that is precisely tapered rather than uniformly thick, therefore vibrating more freely, creating and projecting a bigger sound and longer sustain.
- The famous Steinway patented duplex scale creates a rich harmonic tonality.
- All wood action parts allow freedom of expression and a heightened level of control.
A Beauty to Behold
With its sleek, streamlined design, the Essex grand piano is elegantly reminiscent of the vibrant 1920s and the romantic age of jazz. A variety of period upright styles makes choosing a look to harmonize with your home an exciting experience.
Experience the Essex piano, designed by Steinway & Sons: the piano that inspires the artist in you.
"At Steinway & Sons, we stand behind our complete family of fine instruments. Your purchase of a Steinway-designed Essex piano ensures that you will receive the same attentive, unparalleled service that is afforded every Steinway & Sons customer."
John Patton, Vice President,
Technical Services, Steinway & Sons Far East,LLC