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Bob
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Decent to "the best" uprights
on: April 29, 2006, 05:49:35 PM
What are some good upright manufacturers? What is the best in uprights?
And how much would those cost?
I was just wondering about this. I may not be remembering this correctly, but I think I played on a $10,000 upright that played very nicely and was better than many "standard" grands I played on.
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Re: Decent to "the best" uprights
Reply #1 on: April 29, 2006, 06:28:13 PM
For top range uprights, I would say Sauter, Steingraeber and Ibach have impressed me the both, though all have different characteristics - Sauter being more "powerful" in tone and "meaty" in touch, while Ibach very delicate, very "light", both in action and tone. I have not tried Bechstein and Bluthner uprights, but from everything I've heard, they are excellent instruments as well
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alzado
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Re: Decent to "the best" uprights
Reply #2 on: May 03, 2006, 01:14:39 AM
Just my opinion you understand ------------
If a manufacturer has $10,000 retail price range to work with, why put that kind of money into an upright?
I believe a grand is better designed to project sound out into a room
. An upright has a sound board that is on the
back
of the instrument, and that sound board is pushed up a few inches from a wall. In addition, many uprights are not easy to open up, which means the sound is confined inside an enclosed cabinet.
There is nothing wrong with uprights. I play a very good one at my lesson. There is nothing wrong with Four Roses either, but I would rather have John Jamison.
If a person can afford a grand, and has space for a grand, why not get one? Why buy the world's most expensive upright?
Maybe I have misunderstood your question -- and if so, apologies.
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gyzzzmo
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Re: Decent to "the best" uprights
Reply #3 on: May 03, 2006, 10:06:49 AM
Dont buy a steinway upright. They plays very nice but i could hear it become it false during playing it for a musical. I experienced this multiple times on an upright Steinway.
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yamaha2006
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Re: Decent to "the best" uprights
Reply #4 on: May 03, 2006, 10:28:43 AM
Really?
What kind of model was it?
Hamburg or NYC?
It's hard to believe...
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