There is a "restorer" (self titled) between Cincinnatti and Lexington, KY, that operates on craigslist. He is way above my price range, so I have not reviewed any of his work. My only close encounter was in buying a 1941 Steinway console he had rejected, that had obvious child appearance damage that would take a lot of work to repair.
He operates off of craigslist.com, which is an all cash arrangement. You view the product in person at the owner's premesis, buy it or not. This might get you a little discount off stores that have to run real estate, pay employees, and account for every dollar taken in to the tax agencies. Kentucky is a low cost low benefit state, so I'm sure this restorer's costs are lower than some in the piano business.
I've played uprights made in the 1910's and 20's, some of which were quite good mechanically (and the Baldwin and Steinway actually sounded good, although tuned lower than 440 per the standards at the time). I have great respect for american maple and felt used in American built pianos built pre-globalization in the 1980's. As far as the life of the woods used in oriental pianos, we'll know about the stability of the wood over long times in about fifty years. Long discussions have been made of the plywood pinblocks used in some brands. I will say, the solid maple pinblock in my 1941 Steinway holds tune much better than the five ply pin block in my 1982 Long Island made Sohmer piano. However, I got a scratch and dent discount on the Sohmer, which did not have any visible scratches or dents.
I find premium US made console pianos to be entirely fast enough for my needs, lacking only the middle pedal notes down only sustain of a grand. there is not much repretoire for that mechanism that you don't hear performed on concert stage, so those pieces are very advanced IMHO. I've never played a baby grand, but the retired organ builder I've been assisting recently says the studio pianos have longer bass strings than a baby grand. I find the action of real grands to be too heavy for my bones and tendons, but native American appalachian ancerstry is so rare these days I doubt any European or African decendent would have a problem.
So enjoy your search and shopping. Play a lot of pianos, even have a talented friend play the pianos if you can find one. Be sure to check for speed of action, tone match of the three types of strings, pleasant sound of the upper and lower octaves new users never play. I auditioned my Sohmer with Lecuona Malaguena. I've since learned some repretoire that goes further up and down the keyboard, and am still pleased with the sound of both consoles.
Topic: Shopping for grand piano