My goal is to share my experience and love of the piano, not to show off!

i would love one but i unfortunately don’t have the money

you might need some regulation on the hammers, the letoff and string tension might need adjustment.

I had a Yamaha C7 F until I downsized house and had to sell it. Beautiful piano. I’ve now lived in my smaller home for 15 years and came to the conclusion the C7 could have fit if I didn’t have a sofa. So this year I bit the bullet and bought a 7’ Shigeru Kawai and got rid of the sofa. Certainly cost me more $ than that C7 when I bought it new, but oh well. I love the SK. Besides……who needs a sofa? There’s nothing like that bass on a 7 footer.

I agree about the Kawai. They are fantastic pianos in the 5’ to 7’ or bigger range. I liked the action and overall sound better than anything else in the same budget range

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@@vickiehorowitz1934 yes. Do you know any thing about them?

I grew up teaching myself to play piano on a junky upright that was a whole step out of tune, until I bought a tuning hammer and tuned it myself. My recurring dream about grand pianos was finding one in my grandmother's house and her giving it to me. I understand that kind of yearning. In my 30s, I saved enough money and was debating between a new large upright that sounded great and a new 7'3" grand. Years before, as a music student at music school (studying wind instruments, but some piano) in the US and Europe, I'd played plenty of decent grand pianos, but when I got my own dream piano I selected an upright for its price, and discovered something. I didn't really care that much about piano, and also the thing I liked most about pianos is having one that is not only a decent instrument, but freshly tuned. Ultimately, digital pianos solved that need, and the developments in the last 10 years are significant in how good they sound. At some point, I stopped having piano dreams, and would not even want a good Steinway grand if it were possible for me to afford such an expensive instrument. I also wouldn't play it much if one were given to me. Anyway, the time when I was piano shopping, and tried hundreds, including at Steinway in New York, I discovered I couldn't tolerate the sound of any grand less than 5'8". The large uprights also sounded pretty good. I understand how some people who play piano, love the piano, can appreciate having a very good piano to play, but I found that piano lust was a remnant from my childhood and teenage years. With most instruments though, there is a fine line between something which plays and sounds decent, and the ultimate instrument. And yet those prices between pretty good and great can go up by thousands, or even millions, on violin, for example. The popular youtuber Francesco Parrino had a big influence on the way I thought about digital pianos. Now he is a Steinway rep/influencer and plays only on them but for years he played a digital piano and incredibly, his playing on a digital instrument is every bit as entertaining and fun to listen to, compared to the Steinway. With digital, he records using software piano sounds, not the sound native to his instrument.

@@Timzart7 That was wonderful to read about! Thank you!

I've only dreamt about pianos once in my life, but for one night I was transported into the Swiss Alps mountains where fields of Bösendorfers imperial 290s were positioned for me to play on and I was accompanied by my fellow musicians. Very strange dream, and one that I wish I could have again

@@KenWangpiano Awesome!!!

When you dream of pianos at night, playing on one should be your natural right.

Go for it. Pianos just keep going up in price. Do it now if you can

I would highly recommend the Kawais in the 5’-7’ range, great prices and the quality and action are fantastic

bigger pianos usually sound better especially if they are properly regulated and tuned.

i've never seen a concert grand at 10 feet three inches, which company makes one that large?

@@thomastereszkiewicz2241 Fazioli 😊

@@Jordan-ug7yk much bigger sound.

The bigger sound is not really important. It is the effect of strike line and its effect on the feel of the action as well as the diminished sound of the fundamental due to string design. If it was about a bigger sound he wouldn't make a video.

@@marshallsmith1366 it is important if you want it to project well in a larger space. Still agree with your points🎹🎶

@@marshallsmith1366 I stand corrected.