Best piano for under 2,000

[iumonito]

 

My wife has intimated that we may have enough room in our living room for a second piano, but only an upright.  We have a small price gap between what she thinks is reasonable what I think we should spend, but about $2,000 sounds like the breaking point beyond which we simply will not go.

Digitals, which I advocate for such a budget, are out of the question, as she will simply have none of it.  A baby grand, sadly is also out of the question.  I know I can get a used spinet for that or less, but the question really is, what is the best upright one can buy in eastern USA with two grand?

[chris_quinn]

best upright one can buy in eastern USA with two grand?

Do you mean NEW pianos only?

Altenburg might have a Chinese stencil new for around that price, if he does he'll also have a lot of them to choose one since he gets them by the container load.  Don't know the pricing on these things so I may be off the mark, but it's worth a shot.

If used...

I saw very recently a Weinbach vertical on Craigslist NY for under 1500 which may well be a very nice piano.  These are low finish detail Petrofs in case you did not know.

Also saw on Craigslist a Yamaha for 2k with the silient midi system.  That seemed very very cheap.

USed Balwin Hamiltons come up at around 2k also, these are worth looking at.

[intermezzi]

I agree, you could probably find a good used Baldwin or Yamaha for around or under $2,000. Besides Hamiltons, look for used Baldwin Acrosonics, too. They were very well made, and will perform better for much longer than something like a used Wurlitzer or Kimball. As far as new pianos, I have seen a new Pearl River console for slightly under $2000, and I'm sure there are other Chinese-made pianos that start around that range. Hard to say, though, whether a used piano with a good reputation or a lesser-known new piano with the longer warranty would be better.