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Tips for purchasing a grand piano

1: Decide where to place your grand piano

How big is the space? Which type of floor do you have? What materials are used in the space, are there many glass areas?

Each grand piano has its own sound character which comes into its own in the right environment. A very clear / sharp tone can quickly become too bright in an empty room with a lot of glass and a hard floor, for example…

2: Choose the grand piano length

An ‘open door’ but still important: The longer the grand piano, the fuller the tone and the louder the volume. The length depends on your taste and the available space.

3: Determine your price range

Do you immediately opt for a top brand grand piano to play on for the rest of your life or do you choose a middle or entry-level class which you can later exchange for a better one?

As a benchmark: A new (baby) grand piano starts at about 9000 euros. A good used grand piano starts at about 7000 euros. Top brands including Blüthner and Steinway can amount to more than 100,000 euros.

4: The most famous brands

Steinway & Sons (New York and Hamburg) – Blüthner (Leipzig) – Bösendorfer (Austria) – Fazioli (Italy) – Yamaha (Japan) – Kawai (Japan) – C.Bechstein (Germany)

5: Visit our showroom 

This is the most important tip. Every grand piano plays and sounds different. In our showroom you can easily compare all brands and come to the right decision.

The grand piano impresses as an aristocratic instrument by its appearance alone. This certainly applies to concert grand pianos, which can be more than 3 meters long. But the smaller baby grand piano is also a real eye-catcher. Famous grand piano brands are of course Steinway and Bösendorfer, but the Yamaha grand piano is now also very popular.

Grand piano vs piano

The main difference between a grand piano and a piano is the position of the strings. In the piano they are upright, in a grand piano they are placed horizontally. This means that longer, thinner strings can be used, which give a warmer timbre, especially in the bass.

Steinway grand piano vs Yamaha grand piano

The American grand piano builder Steinway & Sons introduced a grand piano with a cast iron frame and crosswise strings at a Paris fair in 1867. This specific arrangement of the strings further increased the dynamic range of the instrument. Steinway’s grand piano won a prize and the technique immediately gained a lot of imitation. The design is now applied in almost all wings.

Yamaha grand piano

Yamaha is a relative newcomer to the grand piano market, but has quickly established a significant foothold there. The instruments are characterized by a beautiful sound, a lot of sustain and a high quality. Because of this excellent price-quality ratio, many professionals prefer a Yamaha grand piano over a Steinway.