Deeply check out the story of Steinway if you respect their instruments. It's not publicized but there was a documentary about how they almost lost far too muc

Deeply check out the story of Steinway if you respect their instruments. It's not publicized but there was a documentary about how they almost lost far too much of their raw abilities gained since the 19th century when it comes to institutional knowledge which had always been essential to the way they had made pianos in a less-then-fully documented way, that had been passed on through generations. Most likely some of the most talented builders at earlier times were not very literate with paperwork anyway. The modern company dropped the ball for quite a while through attrition, until an urgent effort was undertaken to preserve what they had and uncover any little tidbits that were inadvertently lost. A lot of careful measurements were taken like never before, and documentation produced. I doubt if the pianos are the same, but don't think I would be able to tell the difference either. This page has some excellent little videos itself: https://www.steinway.com/news/features/inside-the-new-york-city-factory https://www.steinway.com/news/features/inside-the-new-york-c...