"I do think the way to judge the quality of a piano is to see if it can play what you want it to play.. exactly what you want it to play.. "
Well I want my piano to play Rach 3 flawlessly.
I haven't found that piano yet.
These piano builders still have a lot of work ahead of them to make my quality piano.
All kidding aside, thanks for your observations.
Did you also sample Petrof III's in your search?
How does the sound differ from the 190 and 168?
I didn't get to sample a Petrof IV (5'8") but did get to try a V (5'3"), and the III (6'4") was a totally different "grander" piano.
It's interesting, I've heard from others here that if there was any knock on Estonia, it was in a lack of a full resounding bass.
Also, the Petrof actions seem to differ from one piano to another, some plodding and stiff while others very acceptable. Obviously, dealer prep is the issue here.
Mine was the first case, but some good regulation has taken care of that. Whereas Estonias, appear to come well regulated out of the box.
Now that my piano is almost a year old, I can vouch for the breaking in of the tone. It sounds better and better everyday. The "ringing" sound I fell in love with has grown and the decay is very slow.
