Products

There are 2 ways you can purchase a DS Standard® keyboard for your grand piano.

  1. A complete new action with its own action stack (new hammers and wippens) for $16,800 plus all shipping and installation costs. After the new action with its DS Standard® keyboard has been installed it can be interchanged with the original conventional keyboard in just a matter of about 5 minutes. This is suitable for the piano on the concert stage.
  2. A DS Standard® keyboard with its new frame where the original action stack (original hammers and wippens) is mounted on the new frame for $10,800 plus all shipping and installation costs. You would not have two actions that are quickly interchangeable, but your technician can easily restore the original keyboard with its original action stack.

For these options we must first obtain your actions very precise measurements.  This usually means that your action must be sent to us in Titusville PA in a box that we can provide.

For option 1 there are new hammers that need to be voiced and every thing needs to be finely regulated. The action will be playable after the initial installation of perhaps an afternoon or a day. To bring the piano up to high concert levels we have seen technicians spend considerably more hours over time. For this option we can ship your action back to you a few days after we receive it in Titusville for measuring.

For option 2 the original action stack is used which will preserve the piano’s original sound. We will have your action for some 3 months after we receive it in Titusville building your new action.

Please call:  (814) 827-0296   or email:   dskeyboards@tbscc.com   with your questions.

“As the piano technician at Ohio University, I am pleased to add my voice to those praising the DS Standard® keyboards.  From a technical standpoint, these pianos are a joy to work on.  The engineering is extremely accurate in all regards.  I am continually impressed with the precision and manufacture of all the components.  Also, the innovation of design is inspiring.  The design of key leveling alone is genius and should, in my opinion, be adopted by every major manufacturer world wide.  The simplicity and precision of leveling the keys has become a fifteen minute job.  Thank you to the DS Standard Foundation for these amazing instruments!”

Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T., Registered Piano Technician, Ohio University School of Music

The Foundation has a partnership arrangement with Hailun, the only major acoustic piano manufacturer offering DS keyboards. DS5.5® and DS6.0® keyboards are available in the HU1P upright for US$15,800.

Interested customers in the USA should contact Vienna International for details of local Hailun agents.

Those elsewhere in the world should contact the Foundation directly. 

 

 “In 2014, the School of Music at the University of Central Oklahoma was extremely fortunate to acquire a DS6.0® keyboard action fitted to a Steinway D concert grand.”

“Students with smaller hand sizes have since been able to unhesitatingly take on and confidently perform repertoire which would normally have been off limits.”

Dr. David Forbat, Professor of Piano, University of Central Oklahoma, School of Music