Outin, the room you want to put the grand in is almost exactly the size of my room. I'll let you do the math but something 5'7" to 6' should work fine. With a grand you have options of how high you lift the top or to play it closed up. Tone makes a difference too and of course room treatment as already mentioned. Many on this size range sound nice, have great bass resonance etc. That would be a nice fit for your room IMO. If you think you want to go smaller my personal choice would be to stay above 5'3". Around that size or smaller you really need to start studying the pianos more for bass tone and really upper treble as well. Just my thought and best of luck on your search, the right piano is out there keep up he faith!!
Thanks!My tech has promised to work on the tone as well so that it will please me...So I think I will forget about trying to go small and instead try to find something nice...
I did the conversion on a 180Cm piano and that is 5'10", so just about any brand out there made a piano at or right around that size At some point in it's history. Anyone you might consider anyway. The field is pretty wide open, there must be something available for you then !How is this tone on this 5'4" Mason and Hamlin ( not the playing but the tone):
Maybe a bit bright for my taste...It would be easier if I could just try out from a large selection of new pianos. But I live in a black hole when it comes to grand pianos. If I want a new one the few dealers around here only want to sell you Yamaha or Kawai...or Schimmel, everything else is terribly overpriced and there aren't really any pianos to try out, they would need to order...The market for used grands is not much better...There aren't that many, probably partly due to the fact that apartments have traditionally been small so people just bought uprights.
Have you tried a Kawai RX2 ? It has the Millennium III action in it, you might like it, worth a try out at least if they have one at the dealer. I don't know much about Schimmel but thought the brand was pretty decent. Yamaha is Yamaha, some love them some don't. I believe I'd take a Kawai first, certainly a Mason and Hamlin. A well tuned and voiced Steinway L or O rather has it's own tone, some prefer the older O.Hmm, perhaps our sound systems are calibrated differently ( I do have a separate bass speaker on mine), though we all have different taste. The M+H to me sounded well toned for a shorter piano, just sayin.
My choice in a new Steinway would be an L model but an M is sweet.
They don't even seem to have L-models in Europe? Anyway, didn't have any luck...they don't have any of the smaller models in Stockholm either. They have Bostons, but I could as well look for a Kawai or Yamaha then...
Wow, you really not lucking out! Personally I probably would rather a Kawai Rx to a Boston. I'd have to compare a d play both but feel the Kawai is just a more up front deal.Edit: I you get a chance to play on a Shigeru Kawai you may find that worth your while.
I guess I could settle for something a bit less expensive anyway
Edit: I you get a chance to play on a Shigeru Kawai you may find that worth your while.
IMO Shigerus are amazing instruments. I'd prefer one over a Kawai in most cases. The ones I've played (with Millennium III) have been some of the most responsive actions of any piano I've played - that includes Steinways.
Shigeru's are rather special with a limited amount built each year. It may not cost all that much less!
That's what I meant...something less expensive than a Steinway or Shigeru should do
Dahh, of course ( touches his temple and outstretches his hand) !
But maybe all is not lost...just got an e-mail from the tech. There might be something available...
Thank you all for the feedback!