New* tone comparison between Yamaha U3, Kawai K500, Feurich 122, Ritmüller RS130 & Blüthner

Very interesting comparison between new and used pianos showing the Db reading for middle C on each piano in graphics and difference in tone. Tone of piano being one of the two aspects most important to piano buying from hard to soft. Piano tone has a feeedback loop to quality of touch as well as touch pressure varies for tone rendering.

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[DanielLearnsPiano]

Unfortunately, the clipping audio makes it really hard to listen to the comparison.

[stoicstudents]

Acoustic pianos absolutely are the best, they ALL give off their own distinct tune, you can easily hear the difference between each piano, they all have their own souls, i dearly yearn for the day i get my hands on an Acoustic

[Contraster]

This video is so, so helpful thank you

[geraldvaughan]

Thank you for your very informative demo. I have a Blüthner from 1934 and am in the process of regulating it. This demo was good for me as I can hear the same quality in the Blüthner you played. Now I'm satisfied that the mellow tone is correct for it. It's been fitted with brand new Abel hammers. Thank you again and I hope to hear more from you.

[jack-hitb]

I have a Bluthner Grand piano the same length Only two years older. It has been redone and sounds fantastic.

[jismo]

That's incredible, bearing in mind every 3dB increase is twice as loud. I have a Feurich 179 Dynamic II which is very loud. I think the Kawai sounds the best in your video.

[benjaminsmith]

A 1980 Yamaha is world's apart from a current model. Yamaha made a lot of changes to their tone over the years where Kawai's tone has evolved but overall not as drastically as Yamaha. Would like to see the same thing done with a current Yamaha U. But, even for 1980s Yamaha, that's a bright one. On the db meter, they all seem to have a similar low end number.

[AshtonnnM]

7:50 I disagree, I take it you've never heard of American piano companies Steinway & Sons or Mason and Hamlin? The American piano sound is more mellow than "big, loud, brash sounds." European pianos typically aren't "mellow" they are known for their "bell-like" tone, as they say.

As per the article titled "Steinway: An American Story" on Steinway's own website, it states Henry E. Steinway "founded STEINWAY & SONS in New York City with the goal of building the best piano possible." This is in response to comment claiming it is a German brand (which for some reason YT isn't allowing me to respond to).

[jerrydavis]

Among those uprights I like the Feurich 122

[MrSouzy]

For me the Bluethner sounded fantastic. Didn't like the yamaha at all. We have an old Seiler at present but I have promised myself a newer piano when I hit my personal playing goals. Of course it should not be a downgrade in terms of sound quality and playability. I was thinking about a bluethner upright. Have you ever had one of those in your shop?

[edwardhurst]

Fabulous comparison, thank you. Bluthner is my preference. 🙂🍃

[Sloimer]

Wow - is that U3 really that much louder than the others?

[michaelbrown]

Why don't you buy a microphone? Every tone is clipping.