no, they aren't... simply not. I'm sorry but the quality of the sound is awful, especially in the bass and middle. And it seems to have some trouble with the dampers. Much remains to be done

@@francescofrudua LOL Oh, my! I had a good laugh with your response - very direct and to the point! :-D I'm still not sure about Hailun. It might be a good quality instrument but it's just the idea of a Chinese made piano... ah dunno! Nope! - not for me. At least not yet.

What is Piazzoli?

That's because Yamaha's SUCK!

I am referring above to Hailun's tallest uprights, which are instruments of truly magnificent and very singing tone, even more so than this small grand and others from Hailun that I have heard demonstrated.

David Wiebe As an expat working and living in China, I've played on a few Pearl River pianos in the music stores here and I think they're budget pianos for parents who are interested to get their kids into piano. Currently, there's a big market for pianos that are priced from 10,000 - 20,000 RMB (aprox. $1,475 - 3,000) and many of Pearl River's entry level pianos (and most popular) are in this price range. They do the job and that's probably it. Beethoven and Chopin will still play fine but there's a certain magic and beauty in the music that will be missing. This doesn't mean Pearl River pianos are all bad. No sir. If you're willing to step up in terms of your budget, you can check out their Rittmuller line which is built according to German specs. I've played these and they're definitely better in terms of quality but do cost more (entry level is probably starting at 15,000 RMB). Heck, Pearl River also builds the Essex line for Steinway and Sons though I feel a bit overpriced. The lowest models are starting at 45,000 RMB (aprox. $6,600). Anyway I've heard great things about Hailun pianos and as much as I'd love to have a Shigeru Kawai or Steinway, import taxes on these pianos drive up their price tags here in China where they can be double the price you'd pay back in USA.

He made a few videos on that topic

i wouldn't buy a chinese piano

Yes

The Feurich Dynamik is build by Hailun. Same construction. Feurich is a more attractive brand name, than High Noon😅

not nearly as warm though, on second thought.. but much better than the comparable yamahas

What's a comparable Yamaha? Nothing compares to these Hailuns. You can't compare them to Bechsteins, both Yamaha and Bechsteins are more money to way more money. If you get a CX Yamaha, that piano is superb. It's hard to find anything in its price range that compares. But some older Cs (not all, some) or GCs, sure, this is better.

China produces a range of low-quality products to ultra-high-quality products. No surprise to me they have produced a piano of this quality.

As far as I know this Hailun is identical to the Feurich 179. Feurich is of course not really a German/Austrian brand anymore, but owned by Hailun, but the designers, the real masters behind the instruments, still are in Vienna. They design these instruments according to the standards of good old Feurich and they send quality inspectors to the Hailun facility to ensure that they also build them according to their standards. so what you see when you look at a new Wendl&Lung, Feurich or Hailun is actually a German/Austrian designed piano, build by Chinese workers under German/Austrian supervision. That might explain why these instruments are a class or two above the average Pearl River.

I agree. I enjoy Robert's videos immensely and I'm glad he makes them. But a lot of what Robert says about Asian pianos is dated. Yamahas are part Bosendorfer now, they not only own them, they use some Bosendorfer parts and a lot of European parts in upper and some middle-level Yamahas. Kawais use some European sourced parts, so many Chinese pianos also are part European as well. And Asians have so much variety, there's no general "Asian" sound anymore. We're talking about 3 different countries designing and making these pianos.

Yes it does

francesco frudua You don’t like Hailun, eh? I’ve tested a few Hailun’s and I didn’t like the action of any of them... except for one of them (for some weird reason). I think it’ll be a few more years before I become less of a piano-snob.

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