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Alternatives to Steinway and Yamaha Pianos You Should Know

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We are about to explore alternatives to Steinway and Yamaha pianos. Most people are familiar with these two brands, and perhaps the piano they grew up with. However, there are hundreds of piano companies around the world, and today, I'll introduce you to some fantastic alternatives. At the end, I'll reveal the most logical alternatives to Steinway and Yamaha.

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@Snappydadshoes Месяц назад

Bechstein, Bosendorfer, fazioli....these are not "alternatives". They are the best 3 pianos in the world.

@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 Месяц назад

I remember trying a Mason & Hamlin CC. Loved it🎹🎶

@ronb6182 Месяц назад

My favorite baby grand piano. Especially if it still has ivory keys. 73

@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 Месяц назад

@@ronb6182 it was 9'4" long. Was sitting in the showroom for quite a wile. From what I know it was brand new when it came in. I would have loved to take it home with me, but sadlly the space🎹🎶

@nathanielbrice8725 Месяц назад

Mason & Hamlin is my dream piano. I’m just a couple of hundred thousand dollars away from buying one!

@ecoRfan Месяц назад

I haven’t heard one in real life, but they sound better and more balanced than almost anything in recordings. And M&H are built like a tank: much heavier than other pianos of the comparable lengths.

@RetnuhN Месяц назад

I'm glad Robert mentioned Pearl River, speaking from experience. About 2 months ago I was piano shopping. I tried a Yamaha GB1K, and it was exactly what you'd expect - plenty good for the price. I was HIGHLY skeptical of this Pearl River next to it, and it wasn't very good - but it was a used model, so it was a little older. They brought in a new Pearl River GP-160 the next week, and... woah. Legitimately good. Shockingly so. It was easily my favorite, and it was almost 40% less than the Yamaha. So if you're looking at a Yamaha, get over the name on the fall board and try a Pearl River! What you'll find might surprise you...

@vivyrox7202 Месяц назад

I love my Kawaii....definitely more mellow than the yamahas I tried...

@Snappydadshoes Месяц назад

While they are not cheap, try an SX yamaha. The "aged" wood process really adds color.

@vivyrox7202 Месяц назад

@@Snappydadshoes thanx I'm super happy with my Kawaii :)

@user-qe4dw8dy9i Месяц назад

Our church received an insurance payout after we had 2’ of water through the building. We replaced the old beast of a piano with a brand new Kawai. It is a delight to play! My protege, a 17 year old lad, prefers it to any of the pianos at the Conservatorium!

@Guidussify Месяц назад

You didn't mention Feurich.

@Kref3 Месяц назад

1. Steinway, 2. Yamaha, 3 the piano you grew up with. 3 was a tiny Rippen upright. God that thing was terrible. Now I own a 230 cm (6ft 6.5 in) Blüthner Style X from 1908. Lovely!

@MartinVanBoven Месяц назад

I played a completely worn-down Rippen upright for years. Apart from the horrible action I loved it. It was brilliant; classic piano tone like no other piano.

@user-my3ff5lj6m Месяц назад

In 1959, when I was 6 years old I learned to play on a Shafer & Sons upright piano.

@Guidussify Месяц назад

John Broadwood pianos. I believe this is the oldest piano company in the world, and possibly the only English company still making pianos. Beethoven owned one!

@charpnatl Месяц назад

I LOVE my Mason and Hamlin !!!!!

@alanclarkeau Месяц назад

I loved my Grotrian 7'4" - recently had to downsize to an upright & missing it terribly. But life goes on.😢

@davidcarroll8735 Месяц назад

I’m intrigued by the carbon fiber approach, I’ll have to give one a try!

@kushie14 Месяц назад

I have a Chickering that I love and sounds great. Not sure if they're around anymore.

@hastensavoir7782 Месяц назад

Not anymore

@worldofai-games1036 Месяц назад

Chickening got bought by Baldwin in the mid 1990. Unfortunately Baldwin themselves went under and are now just a brand plate

@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 Месяц назад

Hoping to try out one of those pianos oneday. The only American pianos I tried is a few Steinway S, and a Mason & Hamlin CC. I also had a chance to try out a Baldwin grand, but sadly it was way out of tune🎹🎶

@BudinVegas Месяц назад

Great video of information. Thank you very much.

@robertogonzalez1494 Месяц назад

Baldwin pianos can be very nice

@jadxq Месяц назад

I much prefer Kawai over Yamaha. I almost purchased a Kawai but found a great deal on a rebuilt Mason & Hamlin AA instead. I find Mason & Hamlin and Steinway very comparable with only the slightest edge going to Steinway. My dream piano, however, is a Fazioli.

@MartinVanBoven Месяц назад

Am I the only one who hears how terribly bad Yamaha sound /and/ Kawai sound is? If Yamaha is lead, then Kawai is painted lead. The only Kawai that sounds good (and very good) is that massive grand of their, Shigeru or so.

@bradgriffith8297 Месяц назад

What are your thoughts on Estonia Pianos?

@antoniomaccagnan7200 Месяц назад

I was just going to say the same thing.

@almur88 Месяц назад

Definitely Estonia L168 or L190 you can't get any better for the price, they sound head to head with bechsteins of the same size.

@christinakaras6452 Месяц назад

I love my Estonia!

@saveriosalerno9232 Месяц назад

Thanks!

@jpdurr Месяц назад

What you said about the Bösendorfer, does it actually apply to their modern VC series? I don't know but I doubt it.

@frazzledude Месяц назад

I own a Bosendorfer imperial grand that was manufactured in 1993. It is a wonderful instrument. Bosendorfer was bought by Yamaha in 2008 and is now fully owned by them. The VC (Vienna Concert) series were introduced in 2012. Yamaha sent their engineers from Japan to Austria to design the VC series of pianos. To me, they sound like a Yamaha piano, not a Bosendorfer. The Bosendorfer 280 VC sounds very much like a Yamaha CFX. So, instead of buying a Bosendorfer 280 VC, why not just buy a Yamaha CFX? In my opinion, for what it's worth, if you want to buy a Bosendorfer piano, get a used one in good condtion that was made before 2008.

@worldofai-games1036 Месяц назад

The only Bosendorfer pianos that didn’t get the VC mod are the 225 and the 290 imperial. Unfortunately, these models are now in limited production and they mostly market the VC models especially the 185, 214, 230, and 280. Yamaha owning Bosendorfer resulted in a cross exchange of ideas. Bosendorfer features made it to Yamaha’s CF series and Yamaha features made it to Bosendorfer’s VC models

@jpdurr Месяц назад

@@worldofai-games1036 They also have the Grand Piano 200 that is not a VC model. So they have 5 VC models, and 3 "Traditional" Models. One is the Imperial. That shows to me where they think their customers should be headed. They are giving customers choice, Traditional "Old" or Modern "New" versions of their Pianos.

@PVZBlover Месяц назад

Ru's Piano and Pan Piano preferred Kawai Pianos

@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 Месяц назад

I come across more Yamaha pianos than Kawai pianos where I'm at🎹🎶

@sabinogold9138 Месяц назад

Don’t forget August Forster! I have an August Forster 215 built 2020-21. The company is family owned, and all pianos are handmade. The August Forster has a better BASS than any piano in the world.

@LivingPianosVideos Месяц назад

We have sold several August Forster pianos, and they were wonderful!

@user-lh3uz1cp7y Месяц назад

Do you run into situation where people want a piano no one makes anymore enough to do a video on that? I can't remember the brand of the piano I grew up with but it was from between the early 1900s and 1920s. The problem I have is that every modern piano is super overkill for me and ruins the kind of music I write. Even when it was the only piano I ever played, I still had trouble with the bass overpowering everything and too much sustain. The one I have now and want to keep for the rest of my life is from bell with 2 strings per note, 77 keys, a 3 quarter plate and the sound it produces is magical so I can finally write for my own instrument instead of the one in my head and I just got a stool for it today. It has a broken string, dead bass strings, doesn't hold a tune and the finish is almost gone but it's in playable condition so I at least get to play it for the time being until I have to perform major repairs.

@naturedesignbc Месяц назад

You could try a Keybird, a lightweight portable single strung piano from Denmark. It weighs 130 pounds and has 69 keys.

@user-lh3uz1cp7y Месяц назад

@@naturedesignbc I looked at it and although I think it's a wonderful idea that shows what the piano would be as just an instrument without unnecessary parts and should have been around much sooner, it doesn't suit my needs. The strings still cross, you can't close it to make it quieter which is important for me as I already have hearing damage, it's missing the nine keys above the last C that I need since I write classical music for a 77 key piano and the website has no technical information so I can't learn the details I need to make a purchasing decision. I have already found the piano I want so my search for a piano is over and a new search for what I need to restore it has begun.

@marksmale827 Месяц назад

In my experience, upright Yamahas have brilliance without much warmth or substance.

@gabrielvanwersch1204 Месяц назад

Why not mention Baldwin ? Earl Wild's favourite

@LivingPianosVideos Месяц назад

Baldwin stopped producing pianos in the early 2000s. The rights to the name was bought by Gibson, the guitar company. They import pianos from several Chinese companies and stencil on the Baldwin name. They are not the same scale design as the great Artist Series grand pianos of years past.

@gabrielvanwersch1204 Месяц назад

I was not aware of this. Thank you. The original Baldwin sounded gorgeous.

@ecoRfan Месяц назад

@@gabrielvanwersch1204US made Baldwin was one of the greatest and right up there with Steinway, if not better in some regards.

@MartinVanBoven Месяц назад

Naming Steinway and Yamaha in one sentence is wrong 😒.

@ronb6182 Месяц назад

Yeah for yamaha. 73

@bartwatts1921 Месяц назад

Wrong! Yamaha are equally as well voiced and weighted as a Steinway.

@ronb6182 Месяц назад

@@bartwatts1921 it's the name only all new pianos sound alike. If you compare aged sound boards, ivory keys has nothing to do with sound but it's the dividing line between new and old. Even older Yamahas sound better than their newer counterpart. I'm sorry I like the old sound grew up with it. These wiper snappers haven't heard the old sound. My piano tuner rebuild a parler Steinway and I got to play it when I was at his home the sound just was there. Not anything like the new ones. He did his own voicing. He even told me he put a hole in one of the hammers, have no clue why. I never learned the art of voicing but I do have the tool by Hale. Have to be careful going in my piano bag not to get stuck my the one end. It's in felt but you can still get a prick out of it regardless. 73