Piano upgrade time
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The S6X is “meh”. You need to find an S7X to try… And a CF6. And a Bosie 214VC. You’re not going to find a new B for under $140K but might find a 5 year old piano.
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I envy you the journey. Please do keep us along for the journey. Your Steinway B - would most likely be a Hamburg instrument - so a bit different than the US version. I'm not as big a fan of new Bechsteins or Bluthners. While I appreciate Faziolis, I've not fallen in love with any.
I have a B that was a custom rebuild that I got to check in on while it was being rebuilt. I also keepa digital with Pianoteq - and have access to a number of digital instruments. I've mostly been using the Bosendorfer 280VC as of late - works well with the music I'm working on.
I don't know that I'll ever be in the market for another acoustic instrument though I came close to looking at a Baldwin SD10 that I could have had for an incredible price last year. It was a rebuilt instrument - and supposedly in great shape - and less than $5k. I didn't want to try it - lest I think wrong thoughts. One of my favorite piano moments was playing an SD10 a few decades ago. It was delightful.
As for your journey - that $100k limit may be the challenge - but I hope you find your dream piano.
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I bought a Sauter Delta (6’something) ~2006. The Sauter Omega is the size up. I really liked mine but I was no pianist, just a grade 8/9 RCM student. In 2016 I consigned it, shipped it & it sold in a month to a jazz performer?/producer? I lost $0 on the sale of that piano. Norbert of PW used to tell me the 7’ Omega Sauters were best pianos he sold. He really liked the sound of them, everything about them. I did too … he drove me to a few client houses in Vancouver with Omegas to try out and to listen to. My piano tech told me that my Delta was 1 of 2 of his favourite pianos (the other being a German Steinway). I remember Mr Sauter came to my home to and played mine once. It sounded beautiful hearing someone play my piano in my own home. I don’t know what Sauters cost now.
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You can find lots of MSRPs here. I have no idea if they are accurate.
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@kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:
I envy you the journey. Please do keep us along for the journey. Your Steinway B - would most likely be a Hamburg instrument - so a bit different than the US version. I'm not as big a fan of new Bechsteins or Bluthners. While I appreciate Faziolis, I've not fallen in love with any.
I have a B that was a custom rebuild that I got to check in on while it was being rebuilt. I also keepa digital with Pianoteq - and have access to a number of digital instruments. I've mostly been using the Bosendorfer 280VC as of late - works well with the music I'm working on.
I don't know that I'll ever be in the market for another acoustic instrument though I came close to looking at a Baldwin SD10 that I could have had for an incredible price last year. It was a rebuilt instrument - and supposedly in great shape - and less than $5k. I didn't want to try it - lest I think wrong thoughts. One of my favorite piano moments was playing an SD10 a few decades ago. It was delightful.
As for your journey - that $100k limit may be the challenge - but I hope you find your dream piano.
A fully rebuilt SD10 for $5K? You couldn’t replace the strings for $5K
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Piano upgrade time:
I checked that site. Seilers are made in Indonesia?
There’s the German limited production instruments (150 or so pianos per year), there’s the CNC production models using the German parts (Eduard Series, rated slightly above Yamaha CX and Kawai GX series) and there’s the Johannes Seilers… Indonesian built through and through. Roughly equivalent to the Prambergers and Knabes.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Piano upgrade time:
A fully rebuilt SD10 for $5K? You couldn’t replace the strings for $5K
It was an estate and needed it gone in 4 days.
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https://www.pianomart.com/buy-a-piano/view?id=58018
1986 SF10, 3 hours drive from me for 18K. Accompanying video here , whaddaya think?
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@kluurs said in Piano upgrade time:
I envy you the journey. Please do keep us along for the journey. Your Steinway B - would most likely be a Hamburg instrument - so a bit different than the US version. I'm not as big a fan of new Bechsteins or Bluthners. While I appreciate Faziolis, I've not fallen in love with any.
I have a B that was a custom rebuild that I got to check in on while it was being rebuilt. I also keepa digital with Pianoteq - and have access to a number of digital instruments. I've mostly been using the Bosendorfer 280VC as of late - works well with the music I'm working on.
I don't know that I'll ever be in the market for another acoustic instrument though I came close to looking at a Baldwin SD10 that I could have had for an incredible price last year. It was a rebuilt instrument - and supposedly in great shape - and less than $5k. I didn't want to try it - lest I think wrong thoughts. One of my favorite piano moments was playing an SD10 a few decades ago. It was delightful.
As for your journey - that $100k limit may be the challenge - but I hope you find your dream piano.
I realize it closes the door on many new 7 footers. Boy, a 100K just aint what it used to be lol. I can't get too carried away with how much I would spend as there are other toys to be purchased to make this retirement complete.
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@Copper said in Piano upgrade time:
@George-K said in Piano upgrade time:
Seilers are made in Indonesia?
The SE278 says Germany - $340,636
Some others say Indonesia, I didn't look at all.
That's a ridiculous price for a Seiler.
I've played many German-made Seilers. Not very special, in my opinion, and certainly not a top-tier instrument.
