CyberGene Are you really sure a 100+ year old upright with 85 keys in an unknown condition, possibly requiring extensive restoration/repairs, all that for 10k+ Euro because it's made by a famous German brand is really worth it?
No, it was not. But I thought it was worth a look - sometimes you can get really great deals from private sellers. 2020 someone sold a Kawai GL-10 ATX baby grand in Berlin for 7000 €. I went there and it turned out it was a first owned RX-3 ATX (Predecessor of the GX-3) grand (in obviously good condition, such a young quality piano) from 2007 or so with Millennium 3 action. The seller even refused to raise the price after we discovered it was a much bigger and higher quality piano. I even got it checked by a piano technician and had it reserved for me but ultimately decided against it (was still much money for me + space considerations). Now I realize what a colossal mistake I made. Until today I nowhere found such an amazing deal in the piano world here or elswhere I look. That was a once-in-a-lifetime deal. 🙁
CyberGene Last year I played the cheapest possible Kawai upright piano in a store, sold brand new for €3000 if I'm not mistaken and I was in love with it. I can only imagine what new Kawai/Yamaha piano you can but for €10k and it would be ready to play.
I dunno, I didn't really like the smallest Yamaha and Kawais. Yes, there are surprisingly bright and powerful, but somehow very hollow and too direct. But yes, the bigger ones I will play and consider.
MHirsch What's the next candidate? A Blüthner, eventually? 🙂
I will play everything and also consider a rent and maybe financing after that. Saturday I played some pianos (used pianos, mostly german 112-120 cm from the 70s/80s like Ibach, Grotian-Steinweg, Schimmel, Bechstein, but also some older 1920/1930s Bechstein and Grotrian-Steinwegs) in two stores and many were fine, but nothing really hit me. But it was helpful.
