Which one do you recommend?

[beebert]

Hi everyone! I need to buy a new Grand Piano, and I need your help on which one of the following you think is the best one to buy:

Kawaii GM-12 (You rent it for a year, and it costs 200 dollars a month, after that you can decide if you want it)
August Foerster 178 cm (6500 dollars)
Bluthner model 11 (This one is used, and needs alot of work on, it's from 1955 and costs 6000 dollars)

[silverwoodpianos]

Which one do I recommend? I am not the one who has to listen to the tone and play the instrument. You are that person. So pick the one that you like the sound of and performs best for your style of playing.

If you don’t like the sound or the way it performs you will never play it so…..

[hbofinger]

Play may instruments, and be wide open. Here is what happened to me a couple of months ago:

I did not even know I was in the market. I saw what I though was on opportunity. I am German, and for that consider myself a German Piano snob - I had a Bluethner, and a recent Bosendorfer. So I saw a Bosendorfer from the 1970's that look in good shape, a 225. I played it once, and started thinking about it. The more I thought about it the more I realized I was in the market. I also realized this piano had serious flaws, and finally decided instead of going for an opportunity, I should get what I really want. I ended up trying about 30 pianos at different dealerships, all above 6 feet. I fell in love with a new C. Bechstein B that they had not ruined by voicing for the American market, but I could not wing it, even at 50% off list ($52,000 - a real bargain).

So I what did I end up getting? Me the German snob? I was completely and utterly convinced by a 1970 Yamaha C7, rebuilt in Japan in 2011. I never thought I would buy Japanese. I play Beethoven, Schubert, and Chopin, and am amazed by what this particular piano can do. There were three others, same model, by the way, I did not like. But I am now getting why Richter liked them after all.

Long story short: look look look. Don't even look at the name, just play until you find what you really like. If you won't be able to walk away, then you know you have found it. If you question "should I do this one or that one" you still haven't found it. I ended up getting the piano for $21k delivered, taxes, and new DamppChaser climate control.