I tend to be a little less of a shopper driven by price alone good dealer prep, post-sale support, and a variety of quality instruments to try in-store simply cost a little more. It’s impossible to fairly evaluate the tone of an out-oftune piano or the touch of an action with sticking keys, no matter how elegant the sales pitch or how glossy the brochure. It’s unfair but inevitable that we will make comparisons between more sensibly sized instruments for small spaces, and those built with fewer compromises and intended for a concert stage.įor another, when auditioning pianos at a store, pianists generally expect the instrument to be in tune and the action to be in an acceptable state of regulation. Many of us have the pleasure of regularly concertizing, rehearsing, teaching, or practicing on grand pianos of considerable size. For one thing, because our job is to continually improve our own and/or others’ playing, it’s our nature to be critical, and find faults in almost any instrument in any price range.
#SCHIMMEL PIANO FOR SALE MINNESOTA PROFESSIONAL#
The professional pianist or piano teacher shops for an instrument in ways that differ slightly from how a consumer goes about purchasing a piano for casual home use. Permission to audition the pianos was requested from the respective dealers, who were also given the opportunity to prepare the pianos to show their best. Owen Lovell and Adrean Farrugia, both active members of the Piano World online community, to play and write about the pianos I have labeled as “Group 3” instruments: performance-grade pianos that lie at the less costly end of the price spectrum (for more information on the “Group” rating system, see “The New Piano Market Today,” elsewhere in this issue of Piano Buyer.) The task was divided up, and the specific instruments to review were chosen, largely on the basis of which brands and models were available in each reviewer’s geographic area.
For this review, I asked two professional pianists, Dr.