Hey Guys,

I currently own a Yamaha CLP 340. Eventually I'd like to own an acoustic. Due to lack of space, cost and neighbour consideration...this is not possible at the moment. However there is one piano that I've played and fallen in love with and would simply love to own at some point.

My choice is, a Yamaha S6BB Grand.[/b]

The feel and weight of the keys was magnificent (for my hands). The sound produced just resonated perfection in my ears.....One day!

I also tried the CFIIIS but this didn't produce the same feelings.

Mark

Fazioli, maybe, if i would become that rich!

If i were a rich man, it would be a STEINWAY D made in Hamburg. (Seems to be even better than the USA one).

Second choice, a KAWAI RX-7. or even a EX.

I play on a RX-3 for my weekly one hour lesson and i love the touch and spacious deep rich sound.

When I was a child taking lessons way back when,
I played an acoustic upright at home and
various uprights and grands in teachers'
studios and at recitals. There were no
digital pianos back then. When I restarted
as an adult, the first piano I bought
was an acoustic upright, but since 1989
I've been playing only digitals.

I used to go to piano stores periodically
to see if I could still play on aocustic
pianos after doing all my practicing
on digitals, but now I no longer do that
because I know I can. I have become
a digital player only. My apt. building
in theory allows acoustic pianos, and
I've thought about getting a Pleyel upright, but
now I no longer even consider it seriously.
I see no reason for it, as digital pianos
are modeled in sound an action on a concert
grand, so I'm playing on a concert grand-like
instrument every day, and there's no real
need for an acoustic. I think that even
if I got a big house, I might not even
bother to get an acoustic piano, because
digitals are grand piano-like and that's
all anybody really needs--it's been
pointed out in the past on these forums
that big-time concert pianists like Andre
Watts and Valentina Lisitsa use digitals for
practicing, so that gives you an idea
of how good digitals are.

Always nicer to have an acoustic if you have the space and can afford it! I think my ideal would be a Steinway B if I could find the right one - I played five in a row once and did find one of them that I came within an inch of buying (the other four didn't do a thing for me) - but I will be exceedingly happy with my new Yammie C3 for a very long time to come, and possibly to the end of my days.

Bosendorfer Imperial, maybe...

I haven't played an acoustic piano for 50 years, when I was made to practice on a big black grand piano in the music room of my parents home, neither I nor my elder brother can remember the name of it but a lot of pianists used to call at our home just to play it. I was inspired to return to playing piano after stumbling on Roland digital pianos at a music store, I'd taken someone there to collect a digital drum set, I was impressed that one could get such good piano sound for such a low price. I can't see myself owning an acoustic, it doesn't suit my present roaming lifestyle, if I were, God forbid, housebound I would perhaps reconsider.

Rubenstein R-371, or a custom-made piano with an extra octave (minimum) added to each end, and, oh, maybe at least 15' long.

As for the Rubenstein... it's $650,000 more than I can afford right now, and at the rate I'm going, assuming I don't spend any $ at all (which is NOT going to happen) until I can afford the piano, it'll be a little more than 74 years before I can buy that piano.

A brand new C7 would do here
I owned a beat up C7 a few years go, it was just ok.

I played a CFIIIS once at a dealer in Orlando, tremendous experience I'll remember forever. Supposedly that piano was Elton John's pick whenever he came to town to perform. What do they go for brand new? Over $100K I suppose.

Regis

Well, in the UK the price for the CFIIIS is £90,000 ($162,000)

Mark

I could sell a kidney ... hmmm.

I'd love a Steinway D, but would definitely settle on a B. Unfortunately, I don't know how either costs. Can anybody enlighten me?

I would like either the Bluthner Model 4 or the Kawai RX-3.


- Mark

I think I may have a buyer!

Mark

Pianoforte are selling a 1984 model D for £45,000

I think the stock answer is that I would buy the best I could afford. The "If I ruled the world" answer might be a Mason & Hamlin B, or other good piano in their store, set up by Piano Craft in Gaithersburg, MD.

On the other hand, given my "tin" 62 y/o ears and my heavy fingers, I could conceivably stick with my Yamaha CGP 1000 faux grand piano and be content. I have to agree with Gyro that the digital piano sounds that can be produced these days are quite nice.

For now I'll stick with the CGP 1000 for a few years to see how my piano passion works out and see if the "lust" for an acoustic grand piano is still there and, perhaps most importantly, see what the finances will bear.

'quite nice' yes, but that's as far as it goes. I own a Kawai CA 91, an excellent dp which has its place and purpose in my home. I also own a 1930 Thürmer grand. The difference between the two is night and day. A digital piano - any digital piano - will never, repeat never come close to producing the living sound of an acoustic piano - fact

I love my Kawai RX-2 and never plan to sell it -- but someday I might consider letting it spoon with a larger Grotrian-Steinweg or Steingraeber or even a Hamburg Steinway grand piano...

:D

Fazioli F308 if I win the lottery, Faziloi F183 if I don't!!

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I like deep base sound, so Bosendorfer with it's extra lower octave would be a dream for me. Will need to win a lottery first to afford one though.

A Steinway. No question about it. When I start my job next year, I will live in a hovel and eat rice and beans for as long as it takes for me to afford one.

Rubenstein R-371 all the way........

That's a good start, RachBach.

now who's going to be the next maker to out-do David Rubenstein? Del Fandrich, will it be you?

Let's see... last time I played the R-371 was, I think, Saturday afternoon at Winter NAMM (January 20, 2007). As of now, I am at least 1 year, 7 months, 25 days, 12 hours (approximately) overdue for playing it again.

Your experience with the five different pianos is not unusual, there will always be some difference in sound between them simply because there are minor differences during the manufacturing process. There can also be differences due to which piano technician did the set up, regulation and tuning, sometimes the one that sounds the worst is actually the best one once properly adjusted.
Clyde

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