Piano shopping...

[LuFins Dad]

@klaus said in Piano shopping...:

OK, the dealer managed to bridge another 1K of the gap, and I pulled the trigger.

This is the baby.

Nice!

[mark]

Beautiful! Congratulations.

[George K]

Very nice, @Klaus !

[Jolly]

Congrats!

[Klaus]

Thanks! I'm not sure whether congratulations are appropriate, but I figured that life is too short for suboptimal pianos

My family will regret this. They'll soon have to endure more of my strumming it in the living room.

[kluurs]

Can't wait to hear that. Now, if you only dedicated as much attention on that piano as you do for the kazoo...

[Horace]

Beautiful piano, Klaus.

[jon-nyc]

Very nice.

[Klaus]

I find it interesting that, if you look at the Grotrian website, depending on whether one chooses the English language option or not, the decal changes.

I personally prefer the "Grotrian-Steinweg" decal.

[kluurs]

I believe that Steinway had issues with Grotrian-Stenweg back in the day, alleging that Steinweg was an attempt to confuse the US audience into thinking they were getting a German Steinway. As I understood it, as a result of a settlement, Grotrian agreed to not use the Steinweg name in North America. At least that's the story I was told. Larry or one of our other pros would know if that's true.

[Klaus]

@kluurs I think you are correct. In my opinion, they are justified in using the Steinweg name. Henry Steinweg co-founded the brand (before founding Steinway) and the naming rights were properly transferred and maintained.

[taiwan_girl]

That is awesome @klaus. Hope you have many hours of happy playing!

[Mik]

So are you banging away on it ?

[Mik]

No answer. Must be banging away.

[Klaus]

@mik I don't have it yet. I hope to get it before christmas, but from what I hear the piano movers are pretty busy at the moment.

[Mik]

So you are furiously playing the kazoo?

[brenda]

@klaus said in Piano shopping...:

... life is too short for suboptimal pianos

This.

People tend to regret the things they did not do, the things they did not buy, the quality they did not get. You made the good choice.

[SD Tav]

Very nice piano Klaus! I've hardly played any Euro uprights since dealers here have a harder time selling them compared to Yamahas and Kawais. I have played Schimmels which are just OK. In which city are Grotrian's produced?

[Klaus]

@sd-tav said in Piano shopping...:

Very nice piano Klaus! I've hardly played any Euro uprights since dealers here have a harder time selling them compared to Yamahas and Kawais. I have played Schimmels which are just OK. In which city are Grotrian's produced?

Schimmel has two different lines of upright pianos. The cheaper line is "just OK", as you say. The "Konzert" line is significantly better. Not on the same level as Bechstein/Grotrian/Bösendorfer, but really nice.

Grotrian's are produced in Braunschweig in Lower Saxony.

[SD Tav]

@klaus I must have played the older type Schimmel upright. My reaction to a Konzert grand that I played a few years ago was very positive. I really liked it. Older models not so much.