pianos
A new design from Steinway & Sons captures the essence of the years between the wars and brings its vibrancy and glamour back to life and bring that touch of charisma to jazz clubs and nightclubs, as well as to provide the final flourish to homes decorated in the Art Deco style. Striking metallic detailing includes the stepped motif on the legs, which is painted with reflective chrome, and the use of nickel for the piano’s hardware. Nickel is a metal that has become very popular in interior design, in fixtures and fittings, as well as furnishings and ornaments. The Art Deco piano responds to this design movement, but in addition to that Steinway has introduced a Nickel Hardware specification that enables owners to match any Steinway piano with the nickel details of their interior design. All the metal parts of your piano can be specified in nickel, including the pedals and hinges, and even the Steinway & Sons logo is nickel coloured.
In the 1920s, as the world emerged from the darkness of World War I, a style of design developed that would filter through from the art world into fashion, interior design, architecture and manufacturing. The style became known as Art Deco, short for Arts DĂŠcoratifs, and it remained in vogue for the best part of two decades. An exuberant, chic, modern style, Art Deco blossomed as a reaction to the austerity of the war years, an expression of the world moving into the modern age: glamorous, confident, practical. It appeared in everything from furniture and cars to ships and skyscrapers, and today it is redolent of those interwar years, of jazz, dances, the roaring twenties and the last vestiges of colonialism. Now Steinway & Sons has created the Art Deco piano, designed to recapture the spirit of that age All that jazz: new Steinway Art Deco piano (main and right); Nickel Hardware specification includes all metal parts, including pedals (above) and hinges
Steinway & Sons | ISSUE two 2010
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