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What is B in classical music?

When you refer to the three B's in classical music you are referring to the famous classical composers Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms.

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When you refer to the three B’s in classical music you are referring to the famous classical composers Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms. At Craftsman Piano we also have the three B’s, referring to the three excellent Steinway B’s that are now for sale at our store. Even though the models are the same the pianos look and sound very different.

B #1: The oldest, serial #166383

STEINWAY B (Mahogany)

This piano has been completely restored using a sitka spruce sound board, Renner action parts, and Genuine Hamburg Steinway Hammers. The piano has also been refinished to a satin luster mahogany finish. This piano is a true pianist’s friend. It will help bring out the best in any pianist. The piano is very responsive. It allows the pianist easy access to musical coloration and shading that would impossible in a lesser piano. This piano is a big success. Please come and try. This piano would retail for $100,000 new from Steinway. Click here to see our wholesale price and view more photos and information.

B #2: Satin ebony, serial #386784

STEINWAY B (Ebony)

This restored piano has been refinished in satin luster ebony. It has the original sitka spruce board, new pin block with new Renner Parts. This piano has a very wide range of dynamics. Effortless pianissimo to fortissimo. List price at major competition: Hi 60’s. Click here to see our wholesale price and view more photos and information.

B #3: Polished Ebony, serial #431430

STEINWAY B (Ebony)

Very responsive concert quality restored Steinway B.

Action Parts: New York Steinway

Sound Board: Steinway Original

Strings: Rosslau Piano Wire. Mapes Hamburg Steinway Bass Strings

List price at major competition: Hi 60’s. Click here to see our wholesale price and view more photos and information. These three pianos have been restored to meet the expectations of fine musicians. No expense has been spared with the parts or the labor. Our prices are set purposely lower than our competitors. The pianos are waiting – please come in to our Eastchester, NY Showroom and try them.

Joe Hanerfeld

Craftsman Piano

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What keys are B minor?

B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A.

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Minor scale based on B

B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major.

The B natural minor scale is:

Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are: Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791) regarded B minor as a key expressing a quiet acceptance of fate and very gentle complaint, something commentators find to be in line with Bach's use of the key in his St John Passion. By the end of the Baroque era, however, conventional academic views of B minor had shifted: Composer-theorist Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819) opined that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste. Beethoven labelled a B-minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key".

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