Yamaha-made Cable-Nelson CN161 Baby Grand Piano. Polished Ebony with matching bench. Purchased brand-new 5 years ago for $11,000. Has actually seldom been played.

　　The Cable-Nelson brand name traces its roots to 1903 in Chicago. Yamaha acquired Cable-Nelson in 1973. Unlike many producers, Yamaha takes a complete approach to piano-making: it retains complete control over virtually every part at every phase of production-- even to the point of constructing the manufacturing equipment. Instead of assembling pianos from parts produced by outdoors companies or contracting with 3rd parties to build its pianos, Yamaha designs, tests, evaluates and makes all significant components by itself. With reputable qualifications in fields such as metallurgy, chemistry and electronics-- in addition to more obvious locations like acoustics and woodworking-- Yamaha leverages comprehensive internal resources to raise the requirements of piano-making. The results of this inter-disciplinary method are a steady stream of developments and better musical instruments.

　　Yamaha Cable-Nelson CN161 Features:.

　　5'3" Baby Grand Piano.

　　Advanced scale design.

　　Premium woods.

　　Laminated spruce soundboard.

　　Strong maple bridge and caps.

　　Solid copper wound bass strings.

　　Aluminum alloy action rails.

　　Yamaha well balanced grand piano action.

　　Spruce keys with hardwood buttons.

　　Premium Yamaha hammers with T-fasteners.

　　Specially developed hammer shanks.

　　Strengthened keyframe pin with adjustable guide.

　　Hardwood strengthened keyframe.

　　Dove-tail joints.

　　Cut thread tuning pins.

　　Polyester surface.

　　Resin sheet foundation.

　　Solid brass casters.

　　Vacuum shield mold procedure (V-Pro) plate.