Essex??

[joust86]

Has anybody ever heard of the Essex brand? I bought an Essex upright a few months ago, I'm just wondering if anybody has had any experience with one.

[prongated]

Share us yours! What do you think of it? Who is it made by? This is another spin-off piano from Steinway, isn't it?

[joust86]

Yes, the Essex pianos have been designed by Steinway, however, are made by Young Chang (they are the lowest quality of Steinway/their spin-offs).  If your interested, here is the page with all the models :

https://www.steinway.com/essex/upright_pianos.shtml

They're actually beautifully built.  I went to the Steinway hall in NYC and tried out all of them in the show room, and decided on the darker-finish Formal French, which was not only nicely made, but had the kind of bright sound I was looking for   The piano has a soft pedal, a practice pedal, and a sustain pedal...it's a great piano, I'd recommend it to anyone, but I was just wondering if anybody has heard of them/played them, what their opinion is.  It was about....$6,000.  I need to tune it though!

[diminished2nd]

I have an Essex upright at my house as well. I have the EUP-111F (French Provincial) one. Tbh, it's probably the "best" upright I've ever played (if you could say "best". Maybe I should've just said my favourite...). It's just not the same as a grand though (I'll be dreaming about getting a Fazioli for a long time before I actually get one probably ).

Maybe this isn't a problem for other people, but I have noticed that the keys seem to get sticky really easily, if the temperature/humidity isn't always JUST right. Also, just since this spring I've broken 3 strings on it. I don't know if this is actually something to do with the piano, or if it's just my playing though