Well nice improv there. 😯. Shows versatility of the piano to go to the more assertive sounds, and shows that bass is a matter of mindset not just string length.

Ecstatically blooming lower mid range; beautiful. I always think that Baldwins are very good. These seem to be special, too.

Can I ask about Piano problem Sir?

Charles Frederick Stein was a legendary piano scale designer who eventually had his own company. Very few CFS pianos were made(I’ve heard less than 2500 total)from the late-1920s through WW2. These were special

The Hamilton was often used as a school piano, and had a decent sound for a budget priced instrument. Perhaps the lower price meant less robust materials and thus things got out of alignment and wore out a bit more easily than with more deluxe instruments. But fix this up right, and it will be a very respectable instrument for someone, or even a group of someones. I couldn't even hear much wrong with the bass, whose string length is limited by the short-upright configuration, but up at the top, the dampers (not hammers?) seem to have an alignment problem. In general, if you can get lower-end instruments which were respectable when new to sound well again, you'll get a lot of practice. (Don't torture yourself with challenges right out of the crate from China. Seasoned wood counts for something.)

I don’t see why “lower middle range” type categories have much meaning. The tone is obviously very beautiful. Action and hammers fitting to the size and tone surely. Tuning stability probably as good as any. My Steinway has capstans that aren’t tight enough and so require adjustment more than they should, and key bushings which didn’t last as long as I would think they should. So even on issues like that the “top tier” doesn’t seem superior. The one thing might be voicing, because as you say those hammers seem a little hard in the upper range. But I’d think it is a very very nice piano after some voicing. It seems to have a European type tone. It’s glassy/silky and has immediate appeal to many but the more percussive American sound can be favored by some I think if they are totally confident of a bold musical statement. I think Kimball has a largely “unflavored” type American sound, with Steinway a bit colder yet and Baldwin and Weber both being “flavored” toward some kind of implicit sentimentality.

Very interesting life. Very inspiring to me. Thanks

You make this piano sound so beautiful

Excited to see what happens with this, just picked one up in better tune than this one.

Very nice....what key do you normally use to improvise?

Wow interesting that you say the Baldwin tone changed from the 70s 80s to a later era. I know I tried some older Baldwins ‘40s to ‘60s maybe, that I thought had superior tone but so much has to do with prep it would be interesting to do a kind of shootout. Baldwin has such a different tone than Yamaha in the uprights generally. I have found Steinway small upright had very difficult tone to like for me, not glassy like Yamaha, but I’ve learned that for certain assertiveness rather than kind of dwelly glassy sounds, it is really the right tone. But glassy seems easier to record and just ‘sound good’.

What do you think about this piano?

fantasying about reclaiming the one i had... btw - what is the name of the music piece you're playing in this vid? sounds Great!

Man…I really enjoy your videos…Thank you very much for sharing

Very nice sir

This piano is too new to be a 1948 Hamilton. I can tell by the style of logos and the oval decal under the lid. It appears to an early 80s model. I’ve never seen a Hamilton finished in with a furniture style cabinet like this.

To clarify no water is needed ? How do you avoid the hammer bending back? That happens to me...

To clarify no water is needed ? How do you avoid the hammer bending back? That happens to me...

What makes the Japanese versions better than the ones built in Georgia?

Superb!

How about their grands? Do you like them

Thank you! Great video.

Evan, hope you & yours are safe from the storm.

Amazing how well that can work. I've heard so many different recommendations for twist amount. E.g., 1 at the bottom, to 2-3 at the top. Or sometimes a constant # throughout. Also, some say to never do half turns, others say it's ok. What do you typically do?

Getting the client to be the cameraman? Priceless. ;-)

Beautiful. What is the name of the piece?

Also available from China Inc...

Irrelevant, but interesting accent :-) South African?

Very well recorded, congrats.

Schimmel <3

Gorgeous cabinet

They seem to have some kind of following. It was the official NYC Opera piano brand. The first grand I owned was a 1915 Hardman 5’9” which had been owned by a prominent piano teacher in the Sacramento region. They have cast iron key bed making it heavy and seriously affecting perception of tone because there is no wooden “thunk” component like tapping on a table. I find that it helps to play with that in mind knowing the sound is mainly the strings and that the keys are on cast iron. If I had it again I would play it thinking like a harp. Later the brand was diluted but then on Chinese made pianos recently again.

Meu sonho é ter um piano 🩷

Roberts Pianos Houston There's actually the RCA Storytone Electric Spinet Piano which uses Pickups and plugs into an amp.

Superb sound

Great to see a fine German piano in stock Evan! Playing is inspiring too. Love from Roberts Pianos Oxford! Marcus (Dad)

helpful! and the clamp mount makes it so simple..

You sigh like my German father. Both better than Keith Jarrett 🤷‍♂️😁.

I love my 1956 Baldwin acrosonic. In great condition. I paid $99.00 on eBay sight unseen. My piano tuner told I a bargain was worth $1,800.00. Is I understand you have to find the buyer and I realistically know that’s not gonna happen. But I’ve got my $99 worth out of it. Go Baldwin!! 🎹

If you had to create a “house brand” or stencil, would you choose Pearl River?

I just tuned the exact same model of Young Chang in Kigali this morning. 😊♥

Sir u1h or u1m?

Thanks very much😉😉😉😉

Love it

I really don’t know much about the Royal George felt other than Kawai uses that felt on the hammers of the 53 inch K-800.

Hello. I'd like to know if this U1 is still available and its price.

I always loved playing those Pianos.

spinet piano, as I heard, when it was developed, it was targeted to singles, like people who can't afford to buy or don't have enough space to put a regular piano. they sold shit ton of these and tuners still struggle with these.