
Year built: 1925
Serial number: 240388
Player system: Aeolian Duoart (full)
Length: 1.90 m
The Aeolian Company in the USA succeeded in winning such renowned firms as Steinway & Sons exclusively (for the USA) for its Duo-Art reproducing systems. Between 1911 and 1931, Steinway & Sons supplied the Aeolian Company with 600 instruments a year (source: Faszination Player Piano by Jürgen Hocker, 2009). This grand piano was made in 1925 as a Duo-Art player piano, model XR-6. It has seen a lot over the decades and needed a complete restoration, which is currently underway. The acoustic Steinway grand has already been fully restored and is beautiful again.