Yamaha

[Davek]

i'm getting either a Yamaha GC1 or a Yamaha C2

my mom said okay because now she knows that i'm a serious piano student. i'm sooooooooo happy but i get it when my house is rebuilt(burnt down 1/103)



Just sharin my happiness!!!

[Johnnylightning]

Wow!! Davek, I'm happy for you! I know that some other piano manufacturers are superior, but Yamaha makes some fine pianos otherwise.  I've got a U3 that sounds phenomenal and I've only dreamt of owning a C-series. That's an instument for life! Good Job!

[dinosaurtales]

Don't know much about the Yamaha line. What's the C series? :-/

[Johnnylightning]

If I'm not mistaken, the Yamaha "C" line represents their concert series, I think...anyone?

[dinosaurtales]

All I noticed is there are some C-'s, S-'s, and others, but I didn't know if that designated an entry level, top end, etc, or if it was a size designation - like the S's are the 7+ footers or something.  Just curious, that's all.

By the way, I wonder the same thing when I am in my car behind a Mercedez -they have C's, E's and S's, with various numbers after them.  

[eventemp]

Folks;
I believe the "C" stands for conservatory.  Purely marketing.  I own a C-3 now for six years, and I love it.  But then I should point out that I play mostly jazz...and when I picked out this piano, there were two to choose from, and the other C-3was so bright that after playing it for a few minutes, it sounded like fingernails on a blackboard to me.  (and my wife!) So, once again, its individual taste.  I have the piano tuned three times a year, and I have found out that to get a really good tuning, you should schedule the tuning for the last stop of the day, and work closely with the tuner so that they understand that you are a musician, and the proper tuning is very important.  The last tuning I had took about two hours (spring, after the humidity had increased, making the piano go sharp) but it never sounded better than it does now.
The Yamaha S-6 is a 6'11" model that costs almost twice what the C-6 (also 6'11") retails for.  This is supposedly because Yamaha uses their top craftsmen throughout the process.  I'm going to try out one this morning...supposedly this piano was at the Met in NY for the past year.