Essex Upright Piano EUP-116EC

English Country Upright

This finely crafted English Country Upright (EUP-116EC) is warm and appealing, reflecting a lustrous satin finish. The timeless, tasteful design, and effortless beauty is sure to intrigue the discriminating home decorator.

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About Essex Upright Piano EUP-116EC

Designed by STEINWAY & SONS, the Essex has been created as a tribute to the idea that beautiful piano styles and finishes can and should be possible in every price range. With elegant traditional styling and museum-quality finishes, Essex will be a stunning addition to your home.

ESSEX EUP-116EC features

  • Finely Molded Toplid with Hand-Carved Tulip Trim
  • Grand Piano Style Top
  • Classic Bi-fold Fallboard
  • Picture-Frame Front Panel
  • Stylized Continuous Upper Arm Piece (also known as Capital)
  • Decorative Stylized Diamond Pattern Music Rack Lyre-shaped Overlay on the Lower Panel
  • Deep Cove Vertical Molding Transitions Connecting the Sides and Lower Panel (also known as Vertical Pilaster)
  • Tapered Octagonal Leg Design Full-Perimeter Classic Ogee Molding
  • Hand-Selected American Walnut Veneer

The STEINWAY-DESIGNED ESSEX piano incorporates the latest design specifications and engineering standards from STEINWAY & SONS. Learn more about why the ESSEX remains the best choice in its price range for anyone looking for a quality piano at an affordable price.

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Specifications and Design

  • Case
  • Soungboard/Backposts
  • String Scale
  • Keys/Action/Hammers
  • Specifications

The Essex incorporates the latest design and engineering enhancements from Steinway’s dedicated research and development team. By utilizing specially engineered materials, large-scale production techniques, and carefully selected manufacturing environments, the Essex is able to deliver a level of musical performance previously unattainable in its price range.

Essex uprights come in a variety of case styles, and are well-suited for the spectrum of home décor styles and personal aesthetics. From satin black to aubergine mahagony; brass hardware to stainless steel; contemporary to classic — the Essex line celebrates the marriage of form and function.

High-grade, straight-grained, quarter-sawn spruce is selected for its resonant qualities and high strength-to-mass ratio. The soundboard is solid and not laminated, which creates the best resonance and projection of sound. In 1936, Steinway patented the diaphragmatic soundboard, which is thicker in the middle and gently tapered to the edges. The Essex soundboard is tapered from bass to treble resulting in a stronger, richer, fuller tone.

Essex backposts are massive — providing a solid foundation for the resonating soundboard and tensioned vibrating strings, thus helping create a beautiful tone. Essex backpost locations are staggered — located where the string tension is greatest, instead of neatly equidistant. Massive staggered backposts help provide superb tone and maximum stability, ensuring the piano will last, tunings will be more stable, and piano tone will be enhanced for the years and decades to come.

A low tension string scale, designed by Steinway, gives a fuller, richer, warmer tone by allowing more of the lower partials to sing. It also has more sustain, is more powerful, has more dynamic range, and provides warmer and more mellow tones.

The Essex Piano

The Steinway-designed Essex piano incorporates the latest design specifications and engineering standards from Steinway & Sons.  Learn more about why the Essex remains the best choice in its price range for anyone looking for a quality piano at an affordable price.

All-wood action parts, solid spruce keys, and excellent action geometry work seamlessly together to move the hammers to the strings and to create an excellent action touch. The beautiful tone produced by the Steinway–specified Essex hammers actually enhances the action touch by “giving back” to the player a beautiful tone.

The Essex Piano

The Steinway-designed Essex piano incorporates the latest design specifications and engineering standards from Steinway & Sons.  Learn more about why the Essex remains the best choice in its price range for anyone looking for a quality piano at an affordable price.

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