It's no small matter to find two well-matched concert grands, he said.
Some 20 concert grands are made per year-each one requiring 8 months of manufacture.
The best of them have been recorded with the most modern electronic equipment on well regulated concert grands with the player mechanisms in good shape.
In the 1970's and 1980's, some pianists complained that the magic had gone out of Steinway's concert grands.
One concert pianist told me that during the last few years the "magic has gone out of the concert grands."
They produced a wide range of pianos, from small to large uprights, to concert grands.
K0862 and a handful of other concert grands.
What they don't know is what happened to the contents: five pianos, including two costly concert grands en route to a national competition.
This innovation worked so well, that this piano was added to regular product offerings and quickly became one of the world's most sought-after concert grands.
They also make limited numbers of special harps, which are concert grands.