Steinway & Sons is renowned for connecting the listener and the artist as only the world’s best piano can, and the Steinway Spirio is another example of that. We simply could not introduce a player piano system until technology existed that met Steinway’s highest standards; producing uncompromised sound quality and an exact facsimile of a live performance.

The audience is comprised of those who have an appreciation and passion for the arts, with music playing a key role. They value uncompromising craftsmanship and quality, as well as authentic and unique artistic experiences. This could mean professional pianists, families, and music educators, as well as those that simply have a love of music, but do not know how to play the piano.

Steinway Spirio transports the listener to any of the world’s greatest concert halls, without leaving their home. Because Steinway Spirio provides such rich and emotionally nuanced playback, listeners will feel as though the piano is being performed live by an artist.

Steinway Spirio is meant to be a central part of the user’s life, to be played any time that one might listen to music, such as relaxing with family or entertaining guests.

Steinway Spirio is an abstract reference, related loosely to the Latin word for “breathe.” Steinway Spirio suggests a number of sentiments that are closely tied to how we connect to and through music — through inspiration, spirit, and experience.

The Steinway Spirio is a new high-resolution player piano that provides an unrivaled musical experience, indistinguishable from a live performance. Steinway Spirio brings your piano to life with the world’s greatest music, independent of the listener’s playing ability.

The Steinway Spirio is a new high-resolution player piano that provides an unrivaled musical experience, indistinguishable from a live performance. Steinway Spirio brings your piano to life with the world’s greatest music, independent of the listener’s playing ability.

The Steinway Spirio is a new high-resolution player piano that provides an unrivaled musical experience, indistinguishable from a live performance. Steinway Spirio brings your piano to life with the world’s greatest music, independent of the listener’s playing ability.

The technology used in the Steinway Spirio utilizes a proprietary high-resolution software system along with solenoids (a current-carrying coil of wire) that actuate each note on the piano, and two pedal solenoids. The technology was developed in a partnership between Steinway & Sons and Wayne Stahnke, a pioneer of the modern player piano system.

There are three main points of differentiation. First and foremost, the Steinway Spirio is ultimately a Steinway & Sons piano; possessing the same level of painstaking craftsmanship that goes into every single piano the company produces. Second, we have perfected technology to capture a range of subtlety and nuance that has never before been possible. Third, owners will have access to the entire high-resolution repertoire recorded in the Steinway & Sons Studios by a roster of over 1,700 Steinway Artists, exclusively for the Steinway Spirio.

The Steinway Spirio system is operated through the Steinway Spirio App, which provides a seamless interface to the piano and is both intuitive and easy to use. With the accompanying iPad, you control the music, the mood, and the volume with just a swipe of the finger.

The Steinway Spirio library will be comprised of performances by Steinway Artists. Music will be recorded in the highest possible resolution, across music genres, enabling customers to experience the fullest extent of their Steinway Spirio’s unique capabilities. In addition, through the use of Zenph technology, Spirio will include select performances from historic artists like Glenn Gould, Sergei Rachmaninov and Art Tatum.

At the time of launch, we will have approximately 50 hours of content with over 700 music files available in the core music catalogue. The library will continue to grow as we record more artists and consumers will be given access to all new recordings as they are made.