Favorite pianos ~220cm (7.2ft) and shorter?

longpianofan

Hi all,

What's the best example of a piano you've played that's ~220cm (7.2ft) or shorter? What about the piano that just spoke to you? The action, the tone, the engineering, or all of the above?

QuasiUnaFantasia

Our 130+ years old family Hornung & Møller 190 cm grand. Apart from the effect of having grown up with it, I particularly appreciate the "fullness" and "complexity" of the sound, and the long sustain. The tone of modern piano's is boring by comparison. If the tones of modern piano's were a rainbow of colours, the Hornung & Møller would have a colour not present in the rainbow.

Del Vento

Many M&H AA pianos (all that I tried besides one which was horrible), including the one I bought and described at https://pianoclack.com/forum/d/105-my-new-mh-aa

CyberGene

I haven’t played a lot of grand pianos but I’ve always loved even the babiest baby grands. Maybe it’s just me or maybe playing a real grand (even baby one) is so good it clouds my judgement 😀 But I can’t understand why people dislike them. I especially loved a Yamaha GC1 in a local university I used to play many years ago.

MacMacMac

If I had the space and the money for one, I'd be delighted to have a Papa piano. Or a Mama piano. Or even a baby piano.

Still, I wouldn't want anything under 5', and I'd prefer one in the 5'6" to 5'10" range. That's 168 cm to 178 cm.

Those are a good size, they sound better than the baby baby pianos, and they are much more affordable than pianos 6' and up.

Alas, I'll likely be stuck with baby digital for life.

MHirsch

Shigeru Kawai SK-2! 😁

David B

I have access to this 6'8" Kawai at work and it really has a beautiful tone to it. This audio was recorded with my iPhone.

https://youtu.be/xIAdEtvQd08?t=68

God Bless,
David

longpianofan

This is the piano that inspired this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjWVnGDgEg