No matter how good a piano is coming off the assembly line, it will eventually need repair, and because Steinway pianos are built to last, no matter when it was built, every Steinway is most likely a worthy candidate when it comes time bring your Steinway piano back to its original condition. It's worth it. It's not a fault of the piano. It's just the nature of the world -- things we build, no matter how well we build them, no matter how fine the materials used -- face the powerful forces of entropy and decay.

Luckily, humans have a knack for maintenance and protection. Some dedicate their working life and career to rebuilding the great pianos of the last 150 years. We place our finer achievements inside buildings built to protect them. But further, we find those with the expertise in tending to the things protected inside our music rooms and concert halls. Because the pianos were build with the finist materials applied to the best technological blue prints, you would expect them to last a long, long time. And they will, if properly cared for.