PYRAMID MAHAGONY B-211 with SPIRIO | R
Measures & Weight
Length: 211cm
Width: 148cm
Weight: Approx 354kg
This magnificent 211 cm grand piano is often referred to as “the perfect piano”. It’s a wonderfully balanced and versatile piano that does extremely well in intimate settings, teaching studios, and mid-sized venues.
Trade Names
Swietania Mahogany Crotch, Caoba
Origin
South America
Range
Central and northern parts of South America, Atlantic Coast from Mexico to Panama, eastern slopes of the Andes in Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil. Main growing regions in Honduras, Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala.
Uses
Veneer, solely as face veneer in the furniture industry (main markets GB, USA), used for architectural woodwork and in the piano industry. Lengths generally up to 1,50 m.
Properties
Mahogany crotches are obtained from the forks of trees. They are produced on the slicer. Very often the crotches are open in the middle which makes them impossible to use. The coloring becomes more and more beautiful with age and nobler in appearance.
Machining
Due to the growth form of the crotch the interlocking grain is still more pronounced which means additional problems when machining. Smooth surfaces can only be achieved at slow feed speeds with very sharp tools.
Seasoning
Drying causes considerable problems particularly in the heart of the crotch. Mahogany Crotch must be dried extremely slowly and carefully. It is absolutely essential to avoid direct sunlight and high velocity winds. Due to the varying consistancy of the wood within the crotch considerable tension can be given which expresses itself in small surface checking.
Finishing
The wood stains, varnishes and polishes well but the resin exudation must be considered and washed out if necessary.
Jointing
Mahogany Crotch is easy to glue and takes nails and screws well.
SPIRIO | R
The STEINWAY SPIRIO | R is the world’s finest high resolution player piano capable of live performance capture and playback. A revolutionary blend of artistry, craftsmanship, and technology, SPIRIO | R provides powerful new tools of expression and new ways to access, share and experience performance — enriching connection and intimacy.
High Resolution Play
First and foremost, SPIRIO | R can be played like other STEINWAY, the instrument artists have chosen for over 165 years for its board palette, warmth and depth of tone, powerful resonance, and unmatched touch response.
World Class Music Library
The thousands of performances from the current STEINWAY artists as well as SPIRIO SYNC videos are available at the touch of a button on the included iPad. Every month the library expands, automatically updated from the Cloud. In addition to today’s greatest musicians, historic performance by STEINWAY IMMORTALS are available, including Duke Ellington, Glenn Gould, Arthur Rubinstein, Art Tatum and many more.
High Resolution Recording
SPIRIO | R permits users to record and listen to performance in stunning state-of-the-art high resolution – with all the nuance, power, and passion on display.
Simple, intuitive controls offer the ability to save and share user-created recordings in multiple file formats:
. SPIRIO high resolution
. MIDI
. MP3 high quality sampled audio
High Resultion Editing
Native to the SPIRIO app, the SPIRIO editor provides the world’s only advanced iPad–based high resolution editing capabilities to SPIRIO files, allowing users to edit every nuance of their SPIRIO recordings.
SPIRIO editing features include the ability to:
• modify note velocity (dynamic)
• modify note duration (start- and end-times)
• correct wrong notes (remove or replace)
• modify pedal data (sustain and shift)
• delete or add time


