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I'm trying to understand all of the different Sauter upright models. Can someone explain what the differences are, other than the cases? In particular I'm curious about the schulpiano.

Thanks.

Must be the model favored for Jewish synagogues.

*snort*

Well, here is the URL of the English-language Sauter homesite:
http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/home.html


The URL for the upright piano section is as follows:
http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos.html


That website explains the difference between the various Sauter upright models. When you read it you will see that the differences go beyond case design.


Here is the URL of the section on the "Schulpiano":
http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/classic-line/school-piano.html


If you can afford an upright piano that can rival a grand piano, consider the "Master Class" series of pianos:
http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/m-line.html


I believe Beethoven Pianos is the Sauter dealer in New York City. Check them out.

Good luck.

Not so popular in other types of synagogue then?

LOL
Touche, Jean Claude

Schule just means School and is German, not Jiddisch..

It's probably Yiddish too.... isn't Yiddish basically a form of German written in Hebrew?

Anyway the school model is just a normal small upright with a more rugged and practical case design so it will resist knocks and be moved around easier.

^^^^rubbish grammar - I should have said 'easily'

There's lot's of Yiddish languages as far as I know but they are all Germanic type languages (not meaning German because Dutch is also a Germanic language and so are other languages).

Shul is the Yiddish word. (Which is School in Hebrew but mostly used to identify a synagogue)

That said (irrrelevant), I agree with you on the small upright, same idea as the Bechstein Academy models.

I'm not Jewish, but a Jewish friend of mine told me that there are two main Yiddish dialect groups - Western Yiddish (found in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, etc.), and Eastern Yiddish (found in Russia, Poland, Romania, etc.). Both are derived from Middle High German, use German grammatical rules, use Hebrew caligraphy written right-to-left, and have a lot of German and Hebrew words, but the Eastern Yiddish dialects have a lot of Slavic words as well. Fascinating language.

....or if you had wanted the comparative 'more easily'.

My previous post should have looked like this so I'm reposting since it's too late to edit it.

It can be written in Roman letters, too. I had a Yiddish-English dictionary long ago that was all in Roman type and L-R. Probably could be done it Cyrillics, too, though I haven't seen that.

As for the piano, the name means "School Piano" -- so I'd expect something plain, inexpensive, and durable. But that's strictly a guess based on the name. ;-)

It is a piano meant to be knocked around. It is a nice idea. We add stuff to pianos to make them stand up to the abuse that they get in places like schools, and this piano has them, and a few extras as well, all standard equipment.

I'm sure this is a nice upright piano, but $28,000 is a high price for an upright piano to be sold to schools. I hope they offer steep institutional discounts.

Ah, didn't know..

I don't know about the Schulpiano, but I have had a Sauter upright for twenty odd years and it is still fantastic. The quality is remarkable and the sound is rich across the whole range as they use different woods for different parts of the soundboard. The action is similar to that on a grand. They are expensive for an upright, but in my opinion worth it.