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non-plutonian-druid · 1 year

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[ID: 11 doodles of Umbrella Academy characters in a style imitating the webcomic Paranatural. Allison, Luther, Diego, Klaus, Viktor, and Lila are drawn as kids, approximately 12 yrs old. Ben is a similarly aged ghost. Hazel, Cha Cha, and the Handler are present as well, all looking vaguely villainous. Five is drawn to be maybe in his twenties. All of them have colorful smoke rising from them indicating the powers from Paranatural, except for Viktor and Lila, for whom the smoke is white. End ID.]

Look, a Paranatural au! I wish I had been hit by this muse in time for Masked Author/Artist, but alas it was not to be. If you've read Paranatural is you can probably guess.... basically everything there is to know about this au. If you haven't read Parantural, you should!! It's a wild ride! But also I rambled for a super long time about it under the cut

Everyone has cool spirit powers and can see the dead, so Klaus isn't special sorry Klaus. I'm making up for it by making him directly possessed by a spirit that gives him superpowers, instead of everyone else who has to use a possessed object to get superpowers. I didn't put a ton of thought into what Cool Accessory (possessed object) to give the kids so I could change that later, but for now Allison has a megaphone, Diego has a yo-yo, Viktor has his violin, and Luther doesn't have anything because his dad thinks he needs to learn to control spirit energy on his own. Klaus doesn't have any either because he's possessed directly. I adjusted the rules of Parantural slightly because [Paranatural spoilers!!] in the comic someone with white energy can connect with spirits whose energy is any color. Viktor's should absolutely be white by show rules, but that power set suits Lila a lot better. So in this au, the rules are adjusted so that white can only connect with white, and Lila's is actually colorless (IE, it only looks white now because the background is white). She can't bond with any one spirit for long, but she can bond with any of them for a short time.

Hazel, Cha Cha, Five kind of, and the Handler are all members of a version of Paranatural's Consortium, which I'm just going to call the Commission again because why not. As you may be able to guess, it's slightly more villainous in this au than the Consortium. I wanted AJ to be a high ranking member, but if I made him the Handler's spirit then we wouldn't get to see him ever, so I made him Five's. This was before I remembered that people possessed by spirits look more and more like their spirit over time so the fish head thing could still totally work, so I might revisit that. Hazel and Cha Cha's spirits look like thier masks, of course. I didn't spend much time on the mask/spirit redesign so they're not as fun and funky as I'd like, but they're still reasonable stand-ins. The Handler is this version of the Boss Leader because.... duh. If you've been keeping up with Parantural and are wondering about how That One Thing About Boss Leader translates... I haven't decided yet.

Five is the Mr. Spender of this au. He is possibly the least Mr. Spender-like character to ever exist, but look me in the eyes and tell me that acting as the teacher-supervisor of a club of unruly kids that can see ghosts who is secretly part of a nefarious (?) organization is not where he belongs.

I have a few more doodles of this waiting in the wings! Mostly of Five because I love him. But also if you have stuff you want to see, send it in. No promises I'll draw your suggestion, but the main obstacle between me and drawing more of this is not having concrete ideas for situations to put characters in

#tua #the umbrella academy #allison hargreeves #diego hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #luther hargreeves #lila pitts #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #the handler tua #hazel and cha cha #hazel tua #cha cha tua #paranatural #for good measure #LORD #every time i make an ensemble art piece i forget what a gd trial tagging it is #anyway this might be the first time ive posted art featuring my bowlcut baby viktor agenda?#the agenda is that if youre drawing baby viktor in an au where he transitioned as a kid i firmly believe he would have a bowlcut #i tried out a new hairstyle on allison too #oh lmao also the worst thing about this style is that it goes all in on the eyes so pupil + iris #so for the first time i had to go figure out what color everyones eyes are LMAO.#i did not bother w this for the handler and hazel and cha cha bc i was sick of looking up reference by then #oh god dammit #i forgot to tag #my art #again. smh

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unagidevi · 6 months

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Welcome to unagidevis page

this is an introduction post! (and a very very long one.)

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Table of Contents

-Introduction

-Tags and Meanings

-Art Rules

-Social Media

-Conclusion

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Introduction

Hello there! My name online is unagidevi but please refer to me as Devion, Devi or Dev. Often people use Devi or Dev for short as it is easier and shorter to type. I have high-function autism, ADHD, and short-term memory. I like the color green and I have many, many pets. I also like Gacha and Art, as I do both as well as writing and animation. I'm a big fan with making my own OCs and I really like Dreamswap even if the creator is a little shaky. My birthday is August 21st.

I usually add my own spin onto Dreamswap characters like Dream now is a brunette otherwise he looks like a highlighter as well as other designs being altered. I don't stick to one ship, I ship multiple things.

Some fandoms I'm in currently in 2023/2024 are:

Warrior Cats

Undertale AUs / Dreamswap

IBVS

The Umbrella Academy

Gacha Games by Lunime / Luni

I won't exactly post many other fandoms besides Undertale AUs and Dreamswap or a little bit of Gacha sprinkled here and there. Often for my art I use Gacha Club for reference and hues in my artwork, as of currently the tints. I play the Sims 3 mostly and I have around 6-7 expansions for it with no regret. Umbrella Academy is one of my favorite medias due to the story-building and characters in it.

I have a few AUs I own myself, some are: Dreamsleep and Ampletale. Despite Ampletale having barely any content here it is being reworked and redesigned while Dreamsleep has an entire story and such.

Even if Dreamsleep has canon ships, people are always welcome to make their own.

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Tags and Meanings

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I have plenty of tags, there is going to be a very long list listed here. Of course, I'll be using normal tags like #dreamswap, #undertale or #art but this list is for my very own. They will all be color-coded; Pink is main tags and ask tags, Purple is for shipping or certain asks, Blue is for stories and OCs, Red is for tags relating to me, Green is for a list of characters in Dreamsleep, Orange is for Other. Now that we have the colors, let me explain the tags.

dreamsleep explanation - explaining dreamswap or for the characters references

dreamsleep - a story in the works that follows two trainee sorcerers through their journey of dreamsleep and it's lands

asks for dev - you asking me questions and getting results

devs anon asks - anon asks that will sometimes have this tag if I remember

dev rambles like a lunatic - me rambling on about something stupid or nothing important.

undertale yt au / youtuber au - an au that revolves sans aus running youtube channels

whimsical dreamswap - a fantasy au based off dreamswap with elves, creatures, and other things

fastfood dreamswap - mcdonalds, starbucks and elsewhat based on dreamswap lmao

spikes 'n commentary - youtuber au commentary squad team name

little distractable men - our youtuber au markipiler/distractable squad team name

legion of starry smp - youtuber au minecraft group team name

finchfeathers - a dreamswap ship that ships Finch and Dream

bluetooth - a dreamswap ship that ships Blue and Hacker

paintedwings / fink - a dreamswap ship that ships Ink and Finch

burntstring - a dreamswap ship that ships Finch and Error

tatteredwings - a dreamswap ship that ships Finch and Cross

skullcandy - a dreamswap ship that ships Hacker and Cross

terrorvisions - a dreamswap ship that ships Randy and Dream together, as some call them 'gay dads'

stellars jay - a dreamswap ship that ships Blue and Finch

starryskies - a dreamswap ship that involves Hacker and Nightmare, a reference to starryelem

redsoul - redsoul is a ship in dreamsleep that canonically ships Error and Cross or better-known Mal and Klaus

arella - a ship that canonically ships Blue and Ink or known as Arledge and Ornella

riclydei - a poly dreamsleep uncanon ship that ships Horror, Killer and Dust which are known as Ripple, Lorelei and Clyde

cedarnu - a dreamsleep ship that uncanonically ships Farmer and Swapfell or Dinu and Cedar

hatobias - a canon dreamsleep ship that ships Harrow ( Nightmare ) and Tobias ( ? )

nich - a dreamswap ship that ships Nightmare and Finch

noelzzy - a ship that just ships two of my ocs, izzy and noel

izzy coleman - an oc that just has two characters in it

noel barker - an oc that just has two characters in it

dakota feverview - a dreamswap self insert elf character thats mostly as a side

rory caskey - a ibvs oc

casimir dream - whimsical dreamswap au dream

swindler ink - whimsical dreamswap au ink

cobalt!blue - whimsical dreamswap au blue

anwar bobby - whimiscal dreamswap bobby

azeban cross - whimsical dreamswap cross

kamaxe hacker - whimsical dreamswap hacker

rana randy - whimsical dreamswap randy

akli nightmare - whimsical dreamswap nightmare

arc error - whimsical dreamswap error

lorcan finch - whimsical dreamswap finch

dev the simp - a tag some people use for me simping for said character

devs pets - some photos or drawings of my pets

dev ideas - ideas put into paper or in a written post

dev links - i link something or someone

dev makes fanart - rarely use this tag, but for fanart not from a fandom

dev ao3 - i link my ao3 posts

harrow deskin - dreamsleep nightmare, a trainee sorcerer and main character/protag

luka deskin - dreamsleep dream, a trainee sorcerer and antagonist

malifunction crimewave - dreamsleep error, an elfin demon

klaus silk - dreamsleep cross, a vampire who is siblings with ink/ornella

tobias harrison - a dreamsleep character made for fun and put into the story as a friendly character

arledge fernfield - dreamsleep blue, a jackalope character

ornella silk - dreamsleep ink, a scorpion

resign shadowsong - dreamsleep science, crazy science guy

erie skies - dreamsleep outer, a science experiment which was originally a sparrow

cerasus vi kiao - dreamsleep nim, a dead sorcerer with many good folktales around

tove deskin - harrow and lukas grandmother, plays the role of maybe neil

esadora davis - dreamsleep character, mentor and mother of main character and antagonist

robijn highlock / robbie highlock - dreamsleep fell, the princess of the ruby kingdom

atasi nevada - dreamsleep crow/bird, the mayor of skystead and a bluebird

vesei redwood - dreamsleep geno, an immortal stuck in the passage of time

grim robinborn - dreamsleep reaper, a grim reaper thats here and there

kendall locket - dreamsleep ccino, plays the role of keeping a safe place for the main character and friends. you never know who they may know or have relations to

cedar key - dreamsleep swapfell, a blood elf

dinu maverick - dreamsleep farmer, an elf farmer in the cherrytown farms

cashew fernfield - dreamsleep honey/carrot, a young weredeer and little sibling of arledge

jasper crimewave - dreamsleep core!frisk, little sibling of mal and a varying demon

ripple chunkfoot - dreamsleep horror, a werewolf

lorelei enida - dreamsleep killer, a human

clyde ninya - dreamsleep dust, a sun demon

icterid 'starling' fink - dreamswap shipchild of paintedwings shared with @starryelem

nolan 'peridot' silva , nelson 'ruby' silva - dreamswap shipchildern and twins of ds errormare, shared with @starryelem

western 'cypher-text' bradford - dreamswap shipchild of bluetooth, share with @starryelem

hypno carmine - dreamswap shipchild of koriot and cross, shared with @starryelem

lavender von licht - an adopted child by dreamswap dream, shared with @starryelem

any youtuber au character - like cace levi, or issac soar, or ezra philip. it'll say youtuber au in the tags

– Art Rules

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What are art rules? basically rules if you use my art for anything, all i hope is you follow one or more of these. I'm sorry if these are strict but it seems to be often needed.

~Do not steal my art and call it your own, i don't appreciate any of this and it takes quite a while to make a big piece.

~If you use my art as profile pictures or background, please credit me.

~Don't repost it and call it 'exposure' or anything else. Though reblogs are welcome and don't count.

~commissions and requests are always very welcome here on tumblr or instagram.

~Please do not trace my art, thank you! Though putting bits and pieces of my style in yours is okay!

– Social Media –

I don't really post many places often besides Tumblr or Youtube, however I have some social media.

–Youtube, where I make art and gacha videos

–Ao3, where I sometimes write stories

–Come support me on Patreon!

–My instagram, where I make some art pieces I post here and sometimes don't.

–My twitter I sometimes forget I have

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Conclusion

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This is the end of my introduction post, this is a remake of my old one and I'm very proud of how it came out. I would appreciate lots of support on my posts in the future but for now I'm okay with where I'm at.

#dreamswap #devs introduction #introduction #introduction post #intro post #undertale aus #ut au #blog intro #introducing myself #pinned intro #pinned post #introductory post

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macabremarble · 7 months

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(the umbrella academy oc)

dawn ❄️🔥

she works for the temps commission because the handler hired her as her bodyguard since dawn had superpowers and was one of the cool babies

her superpower is pretty shitty though and it harms her tremendously since she can only use it by directly touching things in order to turn them either hot or cold so if she actually tries to harm another person she can (and will) get a second degree burn herself lol

though in s2 she probably had an upgrade which allowed her to use her powers from the distance

she loves doctor who and was happy to work for the temps commission though it turned out not as cool as she though it would be

dawn has very warm relationships with her mom and she was incredibly sad to leave her for a job so she sends her cute pics of herself and postcards from places she visits with the handler :(

(please ignore her being white in the first pic, it’s an old sketch when i was thinking of the concept of the oc and she had a redesign later 🤙)

#tua oc #tua #the umbrella academy oc #digital art #artists on tumblr #marble’s ocs

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doveriathegoddess · 5 months

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I redesigned my Umbrella Academy ocs so I will go ahead and present to yee the Seven Gods (who are much more powerful and better than both the Umbrella and Sparrow Academy /j)

Starting off we have the Pharaoh of Egypt Itzel aka "The Sun God" and Ashton known as the "God of the Ocean"

Up next we have the best friend duo Yenigun known as the "Goddess of Reality" and Yishi dubbed as the "Goddess of Fate"

And now we have the couple who balance both Time and Space themselves, Horacio aka "The Time Lord" and Selene the "Goddess of the Moon"

And finally we have the Ruler of the Gods, the World, and Humanity herself-

Elise is regarded as "Mother Earth"

I hope you guys enjoy my redesigns!

#umbrella academy #umbrella academy oc #tua oc #itzel #ashton #yenigun #yishi #horacio #selene #elise #tua

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raincoonparade · 1 year

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My OCs list

I'm having a hard time sharing art here, not only cause I'm being indecisive but also I'm not sure how to present them, I want my Tumblr to look pretty vjkvf so, while I decide on that, I thought about sharing at least the fandom, names and some of my favs drawings of them!

I'll edit this post constantly whenever I have new art, delete or add OCs

Whenever you see TBN it means they don't have a name or I'm changing it so, heads up lol... Anyway, let's start:

Here's the full list! (March 2023):

Animaniacs - Zane

Art sona - Miss Disfortune

3. Ben 10: Omniverse - Skylar 4. Boku no Hero Academia - Aki, Ha-eun, Hoshiko, Itsuki, Journey, Serena, Tomomi, Toshiko, Yuna TBN, TBN

5. Brand New Animal - Cassie, Robin 6. Cannon Busters - Yazmin 7. Carole & Tuesday - Kora 8. Coraline - Zarina 9. Craig of The Creek - Anayance, Barbara, Melisa, Quetzali, Scooter, Tara, Ula

10. CSI series - A.J. 11. Dr. Stone - Chie 12. DuckTales 2017 - Alana, Cambri, Lafayette, Luoana, Taumn 13. Encanto - Esmeralda 14. Fantasy/Ghibli OCs - Zephyrine & Minuette

15. Fairy Tail - Erandi, Luna 16. Food Wars (Shokugeki no soma) - Ginko 17. Free! Iwatobi Swim Club - Violet 18. Galatea (my personal project) - Aisha, Allastor, Allister, Arturo, Beetlepache, Chenzira, Cherry, Kalem, Nisha, Nitzia, Raymundo, Pandora 19. Gargoyles - Altea 20. Ghostbusters - Jackie

21. God of War - Zeltzin

22. Goofysona - Blair, Oceana 23. Kaleido Star - Mirana 24. Kotaro lives alone - Vanna 25. Las leyendas Saga (Ánima Studios) - Iztli 26. Loonatics Unleashed - Hadley, Kit 27. Marvel - Donaji, H 28. Mexopolis media - TBN 29. Monster High - Jericho, Scooter, Winter 30. Monsters Inc. / University - Vesper 31. Music sona - Chia

32. My Little Pony - Fawn Spellbound, Mind Dusk, Pumpkin Moon, Sugar Sprinkles 33. No Straight Roads - Zohnette 34. One Piece - Ginger, Senki, Preya, Yue, TBN

35. Over The Garden Wall & Infinity Train - Ollie 36. Rain (hard to explain where she from) 37. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - TBN 38. Pokemon - Juliet, Patch

39. Radiant - Nahia 40. Ranma 1/2 - Gumi 41. Shaman King - TBN, TBN 42. Shinbi: The Haunted House - Gumiho 43. Sing (Illumination movies) - Bia, Dawn 44. Sona - Scooter 45. Spiderman 2017 - Echo 46. Splatoon - Frizzy 47. Stardew Valley - Rain 48. Steven Universe - Moonstone, Yellow Amber 49. Tales of Arcadia - TBN 50. Teen Titans - Aura, Calliope 51. Teen Wolf - Jack 52. The Amazing World of Gumball - Pumpela 53. The Legend of Hei/Spirit sona - Qiu 54. The Muppets - Nehru 55. The Umbrella Academy - Quetzal 56. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 3n1d, Crystal, Draq, Frankie, Scooter, Tommy, Vivienne 57. Undertale - TBN 58. Victor y Valentino - Whisper (Jun) 59. Vocaloid - Dalia, Isabela 60. Young Justice - Liv, Razz

Yeah, I know... They're a lot haha. As you can see, I haven't draw them much... I'm still redesigning and creating some of them so, so far, I mostly just have half body references? And some information and facts on a private document and lots of notes... My OCs life is as messy as mine as you can tell ahaha

I have a Toyhouse page where, I hope, I'll be updating and sharing more of my OCs soon! All the redesigns and reference I've made so far are already there in case you want to check them out!

If you read everything, thank you, here... Have a cookie 🍪

#missdisfortune #disfortunate ocs #toyhouse #my ocs <3 #oc list #fandom list #full ocs list

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merriammusicinc · 1 year

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Bechstein vs Steinway Pianos | Everything You Need to Know

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If you're a piano shopper or performer and you're investigating the highest echelons of the piano business, it's going to be awfully tough to miss these two titans - Steinway & Sons and C. Bechstein. Sure, there are a small handful of other pianos in the same top-quality tier that garner an equal level of musical respect, such as Bosendorfer, Fazioli and Steingraeber & Sohne, but no other two piano makers have achieved the same scale and dominance in their respective markets than Steinway or C. Bechstein have.

Whereas Fazioli and Bosendorfer sell just a few hundred units per year, C. Bechstein produces over 4,000 musical instruments annually in Seifhennersdorf Germany, and Steinway also remains well into the four-digit territory between their Hamburg Germany and New York factories.

But what many don't realize is just how close in design these two instruments actually are, despite the fact that they are musically very different from one another.

In today's article and companion video, we're going to cover the musical and technical differences between Bechstein vs Steinway pianos. We’ll also look at their similarities, a rundown of their histories, and a snapshot of how things look for these manufacturers today.

Let’s start with C. Bechstein.

C. Bechstein Early History

German company C. Bechstein has been producing pianos for over 150 years. Their story begins in the city of Berlin in 1853 when German Master Piano Maker Carl Bechstein began constructing highly personalized, bespoke upright pianos for the top artists of the day - a tradition of excellence with the vertical format that continues to the present day.

The small shop quickly grew to a large-scale operation, and by the turn of the 20th century, C. Bechstein was producing several thousand pianos annually.

WWII

At the height of C. Bechstein's popularity, their pianos were the preferred choice of European and British aristocracy, as well as the preeminent concert halls of the day due to their superb build quality, musical capabilities and stunning cabinetry.

Unfortunately, the tensions and the destruction resulting from the two World Wars virtually ended the company. Luckily for us, C. Bechstein has undergone a complete rejuvenation over the past couple of decades.

Today

With new ownership and a massive investment of capital into the company, C. Bechstein has been experiencing a renaissance since the early 2000s. With the purchase of the already existing Bohemia Piano Factory in the Czech Republic, they've also begun producing pianos under the C. Bechstein Europe umbrella with the resurrected W. Hoffmann brand, serving as a high-value European alternative to the top-level professional Japanese pianos from Kawai and Yamaha.

In addition to that factory acquisition, they've also revamped many of their flagship piano models with more advanced scale designs, improved cabinetry, and very notably, a brand new action and hammer division, making them one of the few piano companies worldwide to manufacture their own hammers in-house.

Current Piano Lineup

In addition to the three quality lines from their Czech factory, C. Bechstein produces German-made upright and grand pianos in two quality levels. The lower-priced Academy Series line is on par quality-wise with the very best handmade Japanese pianos and certain other German companies.

The higher-priced C. Bechstein Concert Series sits right at the top of the heap for overall quality and craftsmanship in terms of what’s available anywhere in the world today.

With extensive recent redesigns throughout the entire C. Bechstein Academy and Concert Series lineups, the current C. Bechstein pianos are noticeably superior to what the company was producing even 10 to 15 years ago.

Certain C. Bechstein grand pianos and C. Bechstein uprights are regarded as the best pianos available for their specific size - the C. Bechstein Concert 8 is held by many as the finest upright piano money can buy, and the C. Bechstein C234 is widely considered as the best semi-concert grand piano currently in production.

Differences Between Academy and Concert Series Lines Materials

Some of the specific material differences include the AAA Austrian white spruce in the Academy Series versus the much more expensive Val di Fiemme spruce used in the Concert series - this is an extremely rare red spruce, and is sourced from the same forest that Stradivarius cultivated for his legendary violins.

Mahogany hammer moldings are used in the Academy line versus the stronger and lighter walnut hammer moldings in the Concert line. From there, C. Bechstein uses the high-quality Silver Line Action in the Academy Series versus their top-tier Gold Line Action featured on the Concert Series. The geometry is quite similar between these two actions, but the Gold Line Action is built to an even stricter tolerance level.

C Bechstein Hammers Manufacturing Time & Designs

The manufacturing time for the Academy series is roughly half that of the time they spend on their Concert Series. Certain specific design differences include non-tapered soundboards in the Academy Series versus tapered soundboards in the Concert Series. A thicker, full hardwood rim with more laminations is used in the Concert Series along with solid beech bridges and a pinblock that also has more laminations, contrasted with a slightly thinner rim and less complex bridge design and pinblock in the Academy series.

There is some debate amongst C. Bechstein lovers throughout the world as to which design is superior. The mid-20th century C. Bechstein’s had a very romantic sound with a less complex tone and less projection often described as intimate.

The present-day C. Bechstein models use virtually every best practice and design feature known to the piano industry and as a result, the tone is probably described best as something falling between a Steinway and a Fazioli in terms of the dynamic response, extremely wide color pallet and staggering cabinet resonance.

Steinway & Sons Early History

Steinway & Sons is without a doubt the most recognizable piano brand in the world. German immigrant Heinrich Engelhart Steinweg, eventually known as Henry E. Steinway, opened a small workshop in Manhattan in 1853 after years of piano making in Germany.

After obtaining over 100 design patterns, multiple location changes, and of course, anglicizing the family name to Steinway, Steinway would emerge as the dominant force in American piano manufacturing. In the 1880s, wanting to expand to the European market, Steinway opened a facility in Hamburg, Germany to supply Europe and the rest of the world.

Rise to Worldwide Prominence

Into the 1900s, Steinway became one of the most successful consumer brands in the world, pioneering many of the marketing techniques that we would now call product placement. Steinway Concert halls in London, New York, and Germany became the center of culture for many affluent and newly moneyed successful families and business people.

The newly minted Steinway Artist Program created and to this day maintained a monopoly among touring classical pianists.

Today

Steinway still produces pianos in both New York and Germany, with the New York factory supplying the Americas and the German factory supplying the rest of the world.

Steinway is no longer family-owned, and it has changed hands several times throughout the last 100 years. The company has had stable ownership since about 2013 after it was acquired by a New York-based private equity firm.

While the pianos from both factories are renowned for their quality, pianos from the German Hamburg factory are often regarded as superior to New York, though, there has been an effort in recent years to bring the American factory up to a similar standard that was established by its German counterpart.

Current Piano Lineup New York Steinway Steinway Pianos - Model D

Steinway’s New York facility currently produces a single upright piano, the well-regarded 52” K52, which is available in a couple of different finishes.

In terms of the grand pianos, they offer a full lineup ranging from the 5’1” Model S baby grand piano to the 9’ Model D with four models in between. Their pianos are very popular in the high-end market among musicians and play the role of a sort of status symbol.

Despite improvements to quality consistency in recent years, the NY Steinway’s are still generally regarded as a step below their German counterparts.

Hamburg Steinway

Like the New York facility, Steinway’s Hamburg facility also offers the 52” K-52 as their only upright piano currently in production.

The grand piano lineup is the same except for one extra model, - the 7’5” C227. The German pianos are voiced quite differently from their American counterparts and do feature some differences in materials.

Differences between Bechstein vs Steinway Sub-Brands

When we sit down to compare these two venerable brands, several key differences emerge. The first thing is their approach to their sub-brands and sublines. In Steinway’s case, we're talking about the Boston and Essex lines, and with C. Bechstein, we're talking about W. Hoffmann and Zimmermann.

Where Steinway elected to contract the construction of Boston to Kawai (Samick now manufactures one model as well) and Essex to a series of changing Chinese manufacturers, C. Bechstein directly manufactures all aspects of their five European-made lines and contracts the manufacturer of the Zimmermann line only.

The major differences between these two approaches has to do with consistency, both in terms of a model-to-model comparison, but also in terms of the overall quality of a given line from year to year.

For example, Essex have gone through different manufacturers over the years, with varying degrees of success. On the other hand, every single W. Hoffman acoustic piano from all three lines (Vision, Tradition, Professional) leaves C. Bechstein’s Czech factory with no detectable differences from one year of manufacture to the next.

Design C Bechstein Design

There are of course also a number of design differences between these two manufacturers when comparing lines of equivalent quality. Virtually every structural part of a Steinway grand is made with hard rock maple, including the rim. This focus on a specific, very dense wood colors the tone in a very distinctive way and also creates a very resonant structure.

C. Bechstein uses a variety of dense hardwoods in their grands as opposed to only maple. In addition to maple, they also use mahogany as well as beech. Whereas maple tends to produce a mid-range heavy tone with great projection, C. Bechstein’s use of multiple hardwoods combined with a super precise structure produces a tonal profile that is much closer to that of a Fazioli - very colorful, but with a dynamic response closer to that of a Steinway.

New York Steinway & C. Bechstein actions are also quite different. New York Steinways feature their patented Accelerated Action while C. Bechstein uses an action that is much closer to a Hamburg Steinway action. On first touch, C. Bechsteins feel lighter with a sense of a deeper key bed, whereas a Steinway will have a heavier touch and the sense that the key bed is more shallow.

Musical Differences

Musically speaking, Steinways tend to have a much more broad range of tone between dynamic extremes. In other words, the character of tone is quite different when playing softly versus when playing loudly. This is less consistent from model to model and less consistent through the top to the bottom of the range, however, whereas C. Bechstein’s tend to be extremely consistent throughout all ranges and across different models.

Steinway’s tend to have a slightly darker color in the upper range with less clarity, and the softer dynamic ranges are more notably flat in tone compared to a C. Bechstein. Bechstein’s are also known for their unique bloom-like character of tone.

What These Differences Mean

The real-world implications of these musical observations mean that anyone considering a Steinway will most definitely want to play the exact piano in the showroom that they’ll be taking home due to the lack of consistency from piano to piano and model to model.

This also brings us to another question people always ask; will a piano from either of these manufacturers increase in value over time? The short answer is no.

Although there are instances where one could sell their piano for more than they bought it for, i.e. a high-end piano purchased in the 1920s will of course sell for a higher price than one hundred years ago, this completely ignores the effects of inflation.

Ultimately, these instruments are highly complex machines that unfortunately do not improve with age over time. Unlike a violin or cello, in which age may legitimately make the instrument more valuable as the wood seasons, a piano is at its absolute peak at some point within the first five years of its ownership. When inflation is accounted for, the best that an owner can probably hope for is a lifetime of wonderful music-making with a slow and predictable depreciation against its replacement cost.

Similarities Between C. Bechstein & Steinway & Sons

Despite many differences, there are surprising similarities between these two manufacturers that not everyone is aware of. For one, C. Bechstein Concert and Hamburg Steinway grands use a treble bell in their larger models. This is something that was originally innovated by Steinway and later adopted by C. Bechstein.

A second similarity is that both manufacturers use a highly tapered, old-growth spruce soundboard in their top German instruments. Steinway doesn't disclose their exact type of sourcing of spruce, but by all accounts, they still use Alpine Sitka. C. Bechstein on the other hand is a little more transparent in this regard and they use a minimum of 1,000-meter altitude red spruce from the Val di Fiemme, which is in Italy, of Stradivarius fame.

Closing Thoughts

We hope that you've enjoyed this exploration of the history, similarities and differences between C. Bechstein and Steinway & Sons pianos.

Thanks very much for reading, and be sure to check out the companion video!

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