What is your favorite piano brand?
What is your favorite piano brand?
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What I really love about this chain is the number of replies. Sometimes Dominic asks questions that only get a handful of responses. Not this one! Hoo-wee.
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My favourite piano is my Steinway&Sons!!!
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I'm a Baldwin artist. :-) I've had my Baldwin L for 20+ years now and it has never let me down. I bought it because at the time it was all I could afford, but I genuinely love the way it sounds. I think part of playing a piano is learning how to get the best sound from the piano you have. I once heard Jerome Lowenthal play a Chopin nocturne (Op 55, No 2) on an absurdly beat-up little Baldwin Hamilton (a school upright) in a rehab center where a mutual friend of ours was recovering from a stroke. It had been painted (probably by kids) sky-blue, with rainbow, clouds and bird motifs. Not a Bösendorfer, to say the least! I remember thinking, "OMG, Jerome Lowenthal is going to play on THAT?!" He sat down without a care in the world and from the first note, it sounded simply amazing! He found a way to make that little piano sing. People were actually crying. It was the best piano lesson I've ever had. Did I tell this story already? It's been a while since I visited Tonebase.
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I loved my old Steinway upright grand from 1896, but she needed so much work that I retired her and opted for a Shigeru kawai. The base is deep and resonant like my old Steinway and the treble is ethereal.
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I have had my Baldwin grand model R since I was in the 8th grade. It was built in 1967. I have loved it, especially the rich, resonant bass register. Though I’m not sure if I could ever part with it, I have dreamed of owning a Steinway, (and now thinking of other brands after reading all of your responses!)
After decades of having it tuned and regulated yearly, my tuner is saying that, after 52 years, it needs a some major work.. a new set of hammers from Germany to start. Have any of you ever done this? Is it worth it?
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I have a 1985 7’ (mod. B) Hamburg Steinway and absolutely love it! That said, I envy golfers as they have a whole bag of clubs for different kinds of shots, if only pianists had that selection. Yes, I love my Steinway, but perhaps if I was collaborating with a singer I might prefer the round mellow sound of a Bosendorfer for instance.
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Yet still, in the end, when given a blank check, I keep going back to the Boesendorfer 225 (only because I can't fit the Bose 290)
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Steinway and Sons. I love its warm and rich sound.
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Kawai is my choice as an all-around, for everyday practice. Grotrian Steinweg is my choice for premium/concert use, given the history (they have an old common family branch with the Steinways), the detailed action and tone, the quality and durability of the materials, the refined design, etc.
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I have a 52 inch uptight Yamaha and I love it. The harmonics and deep tones and the responsiveness of the keys allow u to sink into the piano.