Ultimate Baby Grand Piano Buyer's Guide - Kawai GL10 - Yamaha GB1K - Ritmüller R8

Ultimate Baby Grand Piano Buyer's Guide - Kawai GL10 - Yamaha GB1K - Ritmüller R8 - Essex EGP155C

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Alamo Music Center - Pianos and Keyboards

3 жыл бұрын

Today we present the Ultimate Baby Grand Piano Buyer's Guide. We have assembled the entry line baby grand pianos from the top four piano manufacturers (Kawai, Yamaha, Ritmuller, and Essex) and put them head to head for direct comparison. When selecting a baby grand we want to consider tone, timbre, touch, and timelessness of design. Join us for a look & listen as we compare these beautiful instruments.
00:31 Skip intro
3:20 Kawai GL10 - Features
5:14 Kawai GL10 - Performance
7:23 Yamaha GB1K - Features
9:50 Yamaha GB1K - Performance
13:50 Ritmüller R8 - Features
15:14 Ritmüller R8 - Performance
21:38 Essex EGP155C - Features
22:00 Essex EGP155C - Performance
24:05 Wrap Up Discussion
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@patrickmarr4670 3 жыл бұрын

00:31 Skip intro 3:20 Kawai GL10 - Features 5:14 Kawai GL10 - Performance 7:23 Yamaha GB1K - Features 9:50 Yamaha GB1K - Performance 13:50 Ritmüller R8 - Features 15:14 Ritmüller R8 - Performance 21:38 Essex EGP155C - Features 22:00 Essex EGP155C - Performance 24:05 Wrap Up Discussion

@stephenmcgarry9039 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect presentation. Thank you.

@Nenitakimu 3 жыл бұрын

Muy bonito cover! Buen trabajo! 💕💕💚

@mwerensteijn 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, awesome comparison video. Very helpful

@pennycameron1003 2 жыл бұрын

Love Essex definitely!

@swanoflove6833 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely Love the sound of the Essex, it has such a wonderful bass for a baby grand,! And I love a lot of bass in a song!

@crystalyang6709 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Essex

@nicefish10 7 ай бұрын

I own a commercial recording studio and have been in the market for pianos for a while. I’m torn between a really nice upright and a baby grand, Mostly due to space. I have to figure out what to do with the piano when it’s not in use by my clients. Your videos have been extremely helpful and I think I’ve watched nearly all of them at this point. I want to say thank you from Washington state. You guys have given me an incredible education!

@table_tennis_fever 7 ай бұрын

thanks this is tremendously useful. if i had watched this earlier, I may change my decision, but mine is the GB1K which can't go wrong for me

@emaldonadog 4 ай бұрын

Pues, la verdad será dicha, para ser todos pianos de nivel de entrada, suenan todos maravillosamente.

@cabotcat1 5 ай бұрын

Essex was a big surprise, especially due to its size 👍👍

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 2 жыл бұрын

The Yamaha is nice and bright. It's not possible to tell how it feels from this video, but the sound is nice. The Ritmuller and Essex are mellower. A high quality upright, depending on brand, would sound very similar to these baby grands.

@davidjames-maddaford4531 3 жыл бұрын

Ah.... Thank you for performing the HANNONS. The main form (other than the SCLAES) for tuning ones’ ligaments for classical and jazz performance. For persons’ who do not know this was the first tune played on the K.KAWAI.

@lilianlovesviolin6436 2 жыл бұрын

I m planning to buy a Yamaha baby grand for my daughter. But after watching this video, I feel like that the Ritmüller R8 is the best, Just to my ears.

@lilianlovesviolin6436 2 жыл бұрын

@@gustavopaulette3496 At least you care, otherwise why bother leaving such a comment? Time is the most precious.

@gustavopaulette3496 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilianlovesviolin6436 fine I care 😊

@benjaminsmith2287 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely not. Go to dealers and try the pianos and listen to different examples of them. Never judge from a youtube video.

@randykern1842 3 жыл бұрын

The Ritmuller wins hands down. Those pianos have the most gorgeous tone for the price. Feels and sounds like a Steinway

@reddon1969 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good review, I thought the kawai sounded out of tune though

@NN-rn1oz 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Essex. In comparison, the Yamaha sounds like an upright piano.

@morgangianni8923 2 жыл бұрын

The Essex 155 is, in my humble opinion as a piano enthusiast is by far the best in sound quality and crispness and the tonal quality that I find most appealing when compared to other manufacturers and models. I'm stoll a huge fan of an older harder to fund Yamaha from the 1970s which I'm sure you can easily guess which one! But I won't name it since I'm looking to buy one myself. Thank you fir educating me further whuch really helps me in determining the most suitable piano. I really apprecuate hearing the pianos in comparison as thar's pretty much how most of us cystomers make our decision as you well know. I thoyght your presentation was very thorough and like I said previously it was very helpfil. If I can't fund what I'm looking fir in Dallas you might be hearing from me! Thanks guys. I just subscribed and I look forward to future reviews. In the meantime, I'm going to watching your past reviews.

@williammason7100 2 ай бұрын

I still love a wooden action piano. Wood is alive it gets better tone with age. Plastic is Plastic.

@Paul-lm5gv Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Always informative. Unless someone is a serious student at a music school or a very accomplished professional musician, I don't see the average family spending $20,000 on a new instrument when they can probably find a similar used 'low mileage' model for a lot less. And a good piano tech is worth every penny!

@DavenH 12 күн бұрын

The Essex sounds great but I wonder how much of that is just down to it being tuned.

@1976gerbel 3 жыл бұрын

Labour costs are cheaper but still sell for the same expensive price as 10 years ago. The only point is to increase the margin for yamaha or Kawai. I remember wanting to have an A1. Now I can only buy a cheaper GB1 from indonesia for the same price 😂.

@christianbauer2910 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting how smooth the hammers of Yamaha and Kawai were tuned here. I had one on the harder side and the mids and above were more brilliant like the ritemüller here. So it totally breaks down to your technician, if he wants to tune the sound to your taste and not how it entered the dealer's house. I found the soundboard of the GX-10 better on the dynamics and nuances I can do with the Millenium 3 action. However, there are some dollars more to pay for that. The action of a baby grand is different from a real grand (280cm class) and also different from an upright. However the sound of a large upright (130 and up like a K-500), is not so much different, as it uses a squared soundboard and delivers a lot of energy in the room, however beyond the key action also the dynamics I feel are a bit different, so for large rooms, I would use a little larger baby grand. (212 size or B-Class in Steinway speak) but that is again some thousand dollars more and not suitable for a personal room.

@froy771 Жыл бұрын

I’m in Repentigny close to Montréal QI Canada. First of all pardon me I speak french but I love to hear you about all kind of piano. I personnally own a Young Chang G150 but I want to upgrade in a final way with a use grand piano can you propose to me a particular model to Target (7 feet)

@Michael-fp5vm 3 жыл бұрын

The selection of music played didn’t give enough variance to distinguish the difference in the sounds and tones of each piano. Thanks for the comparisons.

@DavenH 12 күн бұрын

This is always the case 😢. I need some octaved FFFs in there or how will we know...

@frankoptis 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the Essex was unexpected for me. So nice balanced. We own a Kawai piano and love the sound, but the Essex is beautiful. I wonder how the key action is.

@ryanmoye9189 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently shopping for a piano and have played on all but the R8. I have to say the Kawai has the best action for sure. I'd suggest y'all going to a Steinway store and playing an Essex to get a feel for it, but I felt the Kawai GL series was better to me.

@frankoptis 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanmoye9189 We also love the key action on the Kawai

@dharmilsoni00 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the name of this piece playing on piano after hannon excercise?

@cldavis33 3 жыл бұрын

Ritmuller immediately jumps out at me, as more tinny, less roundness and full tambre. Is it the audio? Is it just me, is it the placement of it against the front window of the store?

@emaldonadog 4 ай бұрын

(In Spanish, from Spain 😊) ¿Que tamaño tienes esos pianos, cinco pies?

@almur88 Жыл бұрын

everybody loves Essex because it's the only one that's tuned half way properly among all four.

@Falkite 2 жыл бұрын

whats the name of the piece at 6:31?

@amcdonal86VT 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not really a connoisseur of pianos, but to me most of the baby grands if you close your eyes could just as easily be an upright piano. The bass/lower keys just don't sound like a grand piano to me.

@MystiqWisdom Жыл бұрын

I'm trying to listen to see if I find the Essex better than the Kawai. I can't find it to be honest.

@hattersonchannel3352 Жыл бұрын

Would love to know what track Ted is playing …

@chloeren2345 Жыл бұрын

I think it is the transcription of "Flying" by The Beatles.

@rominaperalta00 2 жыл бұрын

10:57 11:21 16:19 16:43

@szbxa 2 жыл бұрын

5:37 6:00 23:07 23:31

@1976paloma 2 жыл бұрын

Which one is the best for a small room? around 10ft * 14ft, thanks

@omergur4570 2 ай бұрын

Essex is the best

@gabithemagyar 3 жыл бұрын

How do these pianos stack up against similarly priced uprights (Yamaha U3, Kawai K500 , W.Hoffmann T122 etc) in terms of touch and tone? Are you paying a premium for the grand piano shape and visual furniture impact or is the musical quality similar or better than the uprights ?

@bababoi9078 Жыл бұрын

Yamaha uprights have a great feel to them. Their response feels alot like a grand and sure the sound isnt as rich but when it comes to playability its the same. For the price of a nice upright you could get a cheaper grand so i think its up to your preference.

@ecoRfan Жыл бұрын

Also wonder the difference between Yamaha uprights made in Japan vs Indonesia (besides price).

@munkeepilot 7 ай бұрын

Nice comparison and chat but goodness, that Kawai was almost painful to listen to because it is in desperate need of tuning! It’s unfortunate because it’s actually a very nice instrument that just doesn’t sound good here due to lack of tuning.

@dangalentine6745 2 жыл бұрын

what song is Ted playing?

@JohnLee-db9zt Жыл бұрын

WAP

@jl1848 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the same mic set-up, yet the recordings sound different...the Yamaha sounds more centered, for example, as compared to the Kawai. So...based on these recordings, the Yamaha sounds best overall, the Essex has a very classic sound, and sounds just as good really...the Kawai sounds okay, but "smaller", and the Ritmuller sounds sort of out of tune, so maybe it should sound better than it does?

@Pianoconnoisseur29 3 жыл бұрын

Essex was truthfully better than I thought it would be

@fanrath7252 3 жыл бұрын

4:38 they cut labour costs? But the workers still get a fair living wage, right? Or how are working conditions there?

@ironmatic1 Жыл бұрын

"fair living wage" and third world countries are mutually exclusive, sweetie.

@JohnLee-db9zt Жыл бұрын

Slave labor costs

@ejeoifoiae99823-eoji 2 жыл бұрын

Essex is the best among these

@JohnLee-db9zt Жыл бұрын

If I were to buy a grand, a Chinese manufactured piano regardless of brand is on the bottom of my list.

@LarryLobo Жыл бұрын

Mic setup does not do justice. It’s different for all pianos.

@maxking3 2 ай бұрын

No German brand… no ultimate guide!

@ashjainchd Жыл бұрын

I wish the video wasn't agenda driven pushing specific brand. Why even bother putting them together with the other brands!

@alexeykulikov2739 6 ай бұрын

Seriously? “Ultimate” without Faziolis, Bechsteins, Bosendorfers…

@ejeoifoiae99823-eoji 2 жыл бұрын

Yamaha sounds cheap and awful.